2012 | Page 9 of 33 | CMFR

  • Martial Law in Philippine cyberspace

    Today, the resistance to the Cybercrime Prevention Act gains ground with the "Petition for Certiorari, Prohibition, and Injunction..." filed by media groups with the Supreme Court. The Center for... Read more

  • CMFR on Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012

    What is the Cybercrime Law and why are media practitioners asking the Supreme Court to declare it unconstitutional? Read more

  • Worst assault on free expression since 1972

    THE CYBERCRIME Prevention Act of 2012 is the worst assault on free expression since Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law 40 years ago if only for its potential to affect... Read more

  • Mixed blessing, or mixed curse?“Blocktiming” in Bacolod City

    BACOLOD CITY – It is one of those “open secrets” in Philippine broadcasting. Politicians would buy chunks of radio time and populate the programs with broadcasters who would, like regular... Read more

  • Journalist assaulted by businessman

    CMFR/ Philippines - An editor of a weekly newspaper was assaulted by a businessman and brother of a town mayor in the province of Sorsogon last 23 September 2012.... Read more

  • PJR Reports August-September 2012

    THE PEOPLE were its first victims, but the media were at least among the first casualties of Ferdinand Marcos’ declaration of martial law in 1972. Marcos signed the declaration... Read more

  • Redefining journalism

    IT HAS not occurred to me to look at certain changes in my trade as closely as I do now. It’s probably because the changes have been made arbitrarily... Read more

  • Reinventing the airports

    CHEERS TO BusinessMirror for a report about a study on what improvements the country’s airports need to attract more passengers. Read more

  • Fact check

    CHEERS TO InterAksyon.com for a report on the effects of the “pill” after the claims of Sen. Tito Sotto III in his speech in the Senate of its supposedly... Read more

  • Why we need an FOI Act

    IN 2008, I wrote about PCIJ’s experience in accessing documents on projects funded with official development assistance. I was just in my second month on the job at the... Read more



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