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Alleged gunman in murder of broadcaster arrested

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine National Police arrested on 23 September 2010 the alleged gunman in the killing of a radio broadcaster in June 2010 in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte,... Read more

Sidebar | When is a columnist too partisan?

(Click here to see the main story) The Philippine Daily Inquirer confirmed on June 17 that Belinda Olivares-Cunanan, who had been with the paper when it was founded, would... Read more

Sept. 22, 2010 Briefing on the News Media Coverage of the 2010 Elections

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility with support from the National Endowment for Democracy invites you to a briefing on the News Media Coverage of the 2010 Elections... Read more

Adjusting to a New Presidency

It’s simply par for the course By Mia M. Gonzalez A few weeks before former President Joseph Estrada took his oath as Chief Executive in 1998, Palace reporters at... Read more

Housing mogul allegedly threatened correspondent

A HOUSING mogul allegedly threatened a Pampanga-based correspondent after she reported on his company’s alleged illegal housing scheme. Pampanga is a province approximately 56 kilometers north of Manila. Philippine... Read more

PJR Reports July – August 2010

|| IN THIS ISSUE || Governance and Media in an Information Age by Melinda Quintos de Jesus with research by Ruby Shaira F. Panela Columnists, Partisans, and Conflicts of... Read more

Local Media Guidelines in Covering Crisis Situations

Listed below is a matrix of local media organizations’ guidelines for covering hostage situations. ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs included these guidelines in its 2006 Standards Ethics Manual. The... Read more

Matrix: Guidelines in Reporting Hostage-Taking and Other Crisis Situations

In light of the August 23 hostage taking in Manila, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) held a roundtable discussion last Sept. 9 on the media coverage... Read more

PNP fails to implement own guidelines during Aug. 23 hostage taking

by Rupert Francis Mangilit The Aug. 23 hostage taking showed severe lapses on how the Philippine police manage crisis situations, including its capacity to deal with the press, despite... Read more

AMPATUAN TRIAL UPDATE: Slow Motion

ONLY THE case against the alleged co-conspirators, in contrast to that against the alleged masterminds in the Ampatuan Massacre, was moving as this update was being written. Five other... Read more

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