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Chronicles: NSCB, EJAP awards

Statistics Board cite media practitioners The National Statistic Coordination Board cited The Philippine Star, GMA-7 and ABS-CBN Cebu’s dyAB in the 2nd NSCB Media Awards. The 2nd NSCB Media... Read more

Broadcaster threatened over illegal gambling report

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster received death threats on his mobile phone after reporting on illegal gambling in Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental. Misamis Oriental is a province... Read more

Broadcasters claim local official threatened them

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local official of Porac town, Pampanga allegedly threatened journalists over a story involving his business deals. Porac town is approximately 70.32 kilometers north of Manila. DwGV... Read more

Philippines down 34 places in Press Freedom Index

THE AMPATUAN massacre has put the Philippines in 156th place in the 2010 World Press Freedom Index of the Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF, Reporters Without Borders), 34 places... Read more

Ressa Resigns as ABS CBN News VP

Journalist Maria Ressa has resigned from her post as ABS-CBN’s vice president for news and current affairs. In a statement released on Oct. 11, Ressa said she decided not... Read more

Chronicles: Newsbreak, Vera Files’ Chua and GenSan-based Rebollido

Newsbreak articles make the final cut to 2010 DAJA Newsbreak has announced that two of its stories have been chosen as finalists in the 2010 Developing Asia Journalism Awards... Read more

October 20, 2010 Ampatuan trial

A FARMER from Sitio Masalay, Ampatuan town in Maguindanao testified October 20 how Andal “Unsay” Ampatuan Jr. and his men allegedly killed 58 persons including 32 journalists last November... Read more

Trial of multiple murder defendants begins

TEN MONTHS after the Ampatuan massacre, the trial of the persons accused of participating in the Nov. 23, 2009 massacre started September 2010. Fifty-eight persons including 32 journalists and... Read more

A story’s cost in lives

By DJ Yap It was sunny and steaming when I came rushing to the Quirino Grandstand that morning. By nightfall, the skies were in a rage. Until the last... Read more

Beyond traffic jams, stone throwing

JEERS to TV newscasts, some major broadsheets and a radio commentator for virtually reducing the September demolition in North Triangle, Quezon City to a violent stone-throwing incident and major... Read more

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