For the Philippine STAR, Philippine Daily Inquirer and Malaya, The #1 topic is sports and fun activities/entertainment, #2 is education and preschool, and #3 is health and nutrition. Topic #1 and #2 is the same for Manila Standard, but their #3 is family matters. For Business World, topic #2 is the same, but their #1is health and nutrition, while their #3 is outreach and civil projects. With regards to crime and violence, it is #4 for Philippine STAR and Standard, #6 for Malayaand #6 for Inquirer.
     
It is noteworthy that the monthly trend of articles on children’s issues for the Philippine STAR is at its highest in June, August and December. It is at its lowest in February, July and October. This high trend holds true for Malaya, except that July is also high. Similarly for Inquirer, it is at its highest in June and December, and low from January until March and again in October and November. For Standard, it is at its highest in May and August, while low from January to April and from September until December.
 
The radio program focused on Variety, News and Talk Show. Public Service is only #5. They source information from schools, newspapers, NGOs, field interview and the internet. However, there is no mention of researches using the libraries.


Source: Point of Awareness by Preciosa S. Soliven
Philippine Star page 18, March 29, 2007