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AFP Press Release

JEERS to Malaya for the report “AFP officials to attend DOJ probe on missing UP students,” which sounded like a press release from the Armed Forces of the Philippines... Read more

Suspended ARMM governor requests medical check-up

SUSPENDED AUTONOMOUS Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Zaldy Ampatuan asked the court last 5 July, 2011 to allow him to undergo a medical examination in a private hospital.... Read more

Court handling Ampatuan Massacre declared a “special court”

The Supreme Court of the Philippines named the branch of court handling the Ampatuan Massacre case as a “special court” last 28 June 2011. In a 28 June 2011 resolution,... Read more

CHEERS to MindaNews for a comprehensive and balanced article on the Davao Mayor Sarah Duterte punching incident. While most news reports, especially those from major news organizations such as... Read more

Obit: Wrokpoh, 38

Prominent Liberian journalist Patrick Wrokpoh died after undergoing medical treatment at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Hospital in Monrovia last June 24, 2011. He was 38. Read more

Court denies motions to exclude prosecution witnesses

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge hearing the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre case denied last 1 July 2011 the primary accused’s motions protesting the inclusion in the prosecution’s... Read more

Does Self-Regulation have a Future in the Philippines?

THE MEDIA are not only failing to regulate themselves; more importantly, some media organizations are actually depending on the government to intervene, in effect eroding the very principle of... Read more

Sidebar | Approved Amendments to Article 6, Crime and Crisis Situations, KBP Broadcast Code

THE KAPISANAN ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (Association of Broadcasters of the Philippines, KBP) approved the following amendments in a general membership meeting on Oct. 20, 2010. The amendments,... Read more

Impunity Update

THE INTERNATIONAL Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) designated Nov. 23 as the International Day to End Impunity during its biannual General Meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, from May... Read more

Out of the media boxMaking Sense of Oil Price Hikes

OIL IS among the economy’s most important and widely-used commodities. Its price, which directly and indirectly affects so many people, is among the most politically sensitive issues in the... Read more

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