On Thursday, Inquirer.net, one of the Philippines’ most-read news websites, asked that question in an article based on an exclusive report by The FilAm, an online magazine based in the United States with which it has a content partnership.
The article was up for several hours and getting multiple comments from readers when it was taken down, reportedly on orders from top management. The link to the piece now directs readers to a landing page of reports by Inquirer.net’s US contributors.
A link to a cached version could still be found on Sunday morning. It now renders a 404 error.
It’s the latest in a number of instances of Philippine news sites taking down reports on the country’s powerful politicians and businessmen. The CEO of the Inquirer Group of Companies, Sandy Prieto Romualdez, is married to the Speaker’s brother, Philip.
PCIJ reached out to Inquirer and Inquirer.net on Sunday morning for comment. It has not received a response as of this writing.
bakit nila kinailangan i-take down? hindi ba maganda na nagfund sila ng Tagalog course sa Harvard?
I guess funded by government money? Could piss off state universities here. Could just be a misunderstanding. Or just don’t want his personal project exposed to the public to avoid mixing it with politics. Then there could also be something sinister which were not aware of.