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A decade of upholding trust EDITORIAL 03/08/2010

Monday, March 8, 2010


A decade of upholding trust


EDITORIAL
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03/08/2010

The Daily Tribune marks 10 years of religiously bringing Filipinos unembellished news daily, a feat to which only a few newspapers can lay claim.

That period was never easy as the newspaper, if likened to a boat, had to sail against the political wind where it eventually found its strength.
From what was first being branded as a pro-Estrada newspaper (by newspapers that were, ironically enough, pro-Gloria and her new administration), since it was born during the term of the Centennial President Joseph Estrada in 2000, it was later branded as an opposition paper during Estrada’s unconstitutional ouster in 2001 and through the rapacious term of President Arroyo which hopefully ends in June. But the paper was merely being independent and believed in the freedom of the press.
The Tribune has evolved as most now see it as a political paper that dishes out the real deal in government and its officials.
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