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IFEX announces 23 November as International Day to End Impunity

International Day to End Impunity website Text and photos are from http://www.ifex.org Impunity has always been ranked as a top priority for IFEX members. So it comes as no... Read more

The Tulfo Franchise: The Media as Messiah

Can T3 really solve the country's problems? Read more

Church-owned radio station burned down

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Unidentified men set fire to a Catholic Church-owned radio station in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro last 27 October 2011. Read more

Misleading Advertising of Glutathione

Cheers to Newsbreak for investigating the effectiveness of glutathione as a skin whitener and the danger that comes from consuming too much of it. Read more

Reporter alleges harassment by former anti-drugs chief

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A news reporter filed a complaint against a former director of the government’s anti-drug trafficking agency in Cebu for allegedly harassing him. Read more

Radio blocktimer shot dead in Mindanao

CMFR / Philippines – Police are still searching for the suspected gunmen who shot dead a radio blocktimer and indigenous tribe chief in Surigao del Sur last 14 October... Read more

Covering the Typhoons: Media’s Focus on Themselves

In reporting the areas affected by the typhoons, the media included reports on themselves to the neglect of such issues as why, after ‘Ondoy’ flooded... Read more

Columnist shot dead in Isabela province

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Police have yet to identify the gunmen in the killing of a columnist in Alicia town, Isabela last 07 October 2011. Read more

Alleged killing mastermind asks court to stop reinvestigation

CMFR/Philippines – A former governor filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition last 3 October 2011 asking the Court of Appeals (CA) to stop the reinvestigation into his alleged... Read more

Custom-Made “Journalists”

By Philip Tubeza || Right after being appointed to his post, newly designated Customs commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon raised a lot of eyebrows when he announced that he would... Read more

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