2012 | Page 17 of 33 | CMFR

  • Appellate court affirms indictment of another Ampatuan

    The Court of Appeals (CA) in Manila affirmed last 28 June 2012 its decision denying the petition for certiorari filed by a member of the Ampatuan clan accused in... Read more

  • Governments and the Internet

    The Philippines stands out for the freedom it grants to the press. Our 1987 Constitution gives the ultimate protection from government interference—”No law shall be passed abridging the freedom... Read more

  • Journalism and advocacy 101

    Most journalists would argue that there is no room for advocacy in journalism. But no journalist can claim without lying that he/she is unconcerned with the issues that confront... Read more

  • Broadcaster threatened

    A broadcaster from Bukidnon has been receiving threatening text messages after discussing allegedly illegal activities at the local land transportation office (LTO) in May 2012. Read more

  • The game of patronage

    I HAVE often found myself at forums faced with the question, How do we even begin to live as a people of common interests and shared responsibilities, a people predisposed... Read more

  • Supreme Court upholds indictment of Zaldy Ampatuan

    The Supreme Court of the Philippines upheld the indictment of former Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Zaldy Ampatuan in the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre last 25 June 2012. Read more

  • Police problem

    THE PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) claims it can’t arrest the remaining 97 accused in the Ampatuan Massacre of November 23, 2009 who’re still at large, 196 being the... Read more

  • Maguindanao: A continuing perversion of justice

    ESMAIL ENOG has gone missing for three months now. Indeed, he is thought dead even if no final word has come or body has turned up to confirm that.... Read more

  • Because of poverty

    CHEERS TO VERA Files for their story “akyat barko girls (ship climbing girls)”, prostitutes who climb docked ships to offer sex to foreign ship crews. Read more

  • In-depth reporting

    CHEERS TO Investigative Documentaries for its April 26 in-depth report about security guards. In a country of limited jobs, more than 700,000 Filipinos work as security guards. This... Read more



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