2008 | Page 6 of 10 | CMFR

  • Radio broadcaster in critical condition after being shot

    CMFR/Philippines—A radio broadcaster is in critical condition after being shot near a shopping mall in General Santos City, South Cotabato on 4 August 2008, at around 4:30 (local time).... Read more

  • System failure

    Cheers to GMANews.tv for providing helpful reports on the recent M/V Princess of the Stars tragedy. Its July 21 report “Marina: Weighed and found wanting” discussed the poor performance... Read more

  • A dramatic rehash

    JEERS TO “Kidnap”, an ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs documentary aired last July 13, for putting drama above new information on the abduction of the Ces Drilon news team.... Read more

  • Filipino photojournalist bags scholarship

    Vicente Jaime “VJ” Villafranca, a 26-year-old former photojournalism student at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University, was recently named the 2008... Read more

  • The roots of the food crisis

    CHEERS TO GMA-7 for running a public affairs special last July 6 that looked at the continuing problem of food security. “Kalam” traced the roots of the food security... Read more

  • Coverage of ARMM elections marginalized says poll watchdog

    CMFR/Philippines – In one more indication of the media’s tendency not only to neglect positive developments in the region, but also to remain focused on Manila issues, the approaching... Read more

  • CMFR Statement on the RTC Ruling: A Blow To Press Freedom

    The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility looks at the dismissal by the Makati Regional Trial Court of the class suit it filed with other media organizations and individual... Read more

  • Journalist killed in Quezon province

    CMFR/Philippines – Two unidentified men gunned down a provincial journalist on his way home in Sariaya, Quezon province on 30 June 2008. Quezon is a province approximately 100 kms... Read more

  • Escalating the Cost of Free Expression

    Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility Statement on the conviction for libel of Ninez Cacho-Olivares The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility views with alarm the conviction for libel... Read more

  • A blow to press freedom

    THE Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility looks at the dismissal by the Makati Regional Trial Court of the class suit it filed with other media organizations and individual... Read more



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