Philippines news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 6 major Philippines news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Philippines media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays the Philippines' front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. Of the 6 titles tracked here, 5 sit near the centre and 1 lean right; Crosswire currently lists no left-leaning outlet in the Philippines, so for a contrasting perspective it is worth reading one of these beside a title from another country.
By kind of outlet, the 6 titles break down as 4 daily newspapers (see all daily newspapers worldwide), 1 digital-native outlet (Rappler) and 1 television news channel (GMA News). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for the Philippines, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
The Philippines sits in Southeast Asia, on Crosswire's Asia hub. By outlets tracked it is 5th of the 11 countries in Southeast Asia and 9th of the 33 across Asia, where the average is 5.1 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Southeast Asia with hubs of their own are Indonesia (6), Malaysia (6), Thailand (6), Singapore (6), Vietnam (6), Myanmar (6), Cambodia (5), Laos (5), Brunei (5) and Timor-Leste (3).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are the Philippines' main news outlets?
Across the Philippines' editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Star, Rappler, Manila Bulletin and GMA News; on the right, The Manila Times. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer is one of the Philippines' most widely read English-language daily newspapers, based in Metro Manila. It covers national politics, business, and current affairs for a broad readership and maintains print and digital editions. It is regarded as one of the country's leading newspapers.
The Philippine Star is a major English-language daily newspaper in the Philippines, based in Metro Manila. It provides national news, politics, business, and entertainment coverage for a broad readership and operates print and digital editions. It is among the country's leading English-language newspapers.
Rappler is a Philippine digital news outlet known for investigative journalism and coverage of politics, human rights, and disinformation. Co-founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa, it has gained international recognition for its reporting and press-freedom advocacy. It is one of the country's most prominent independent online news organizations.
The Manila Bulletin is one of the Philippines' oldest and largest English-language daily newspapers. Based in Manila, it covers national politics, business, sport, and general news in print and online. As a long-established broadsheet, it reaches a wide national readership.
GMA News is the news division of GMA Network, one of the Philippines' two historically dominant broadcasters, owned by the publicly listed GMA Network Inc. Its programs and GMA News Online reach a nationwide mass audience in Filipino and English, and since rival ABS-CBN lost its broadcast franchise in 2020 it has held the largest free-to-air news reach.
The Manila Times, founded in 1898, is the Philippines' oldest continuously published English-language daily. Owned by businessman Dante 'Klink' Ang and his family, it covers national politics, business, and regional affairs; media-bias assessments such as Media Bias/Fact Check classify it as right-of-center, and it was broadly supportive of the Duterte administration.
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