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Latest Marcos case dismissal: Media show little interest
EFFORTS TO recover the billions in public funds allegedly stolen by the family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his cronies have suffered another blow. In an August... Read more
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Floro Mercene, 93
VETERAN JOURNALIST and columnist Floro L. Mercene died of heart failure on Wednesday, August 7. He was 93. Mercene wrote a column for the Manila Bulletin. He started as... Read more
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CMFR celebrates 30 years with Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Program
CELEBRATING ITS 30 years of programs to promote press freedom, the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) holds the 2019 Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar with seven journalists... Read more
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Dengvaxia revival amid national dengue epidemic calls for more information
WITH THE continuing surge in the number of dengue cases, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III issued a national dengue epidemic alert on August 6. During the period from January to... Read more
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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (August 3 to August 9)
The Philippine Star, August 3, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, August 5, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, August 6, 2019 The Manila Times, August 7, 2019 The Philippine Star, August 9,... Read more
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Batanes earthquakes: Media must look into lapses in disaster preparedness
TYPHOON RESILIENT Batanes proved no match to earthquakes. Two tremors, one of magnitude 5.4 at 4:16 a.m. and another of magnitude 5.9 at 7:37 a.m. on Saturday, July 27,... Read more
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Negros Killings: Important issues in “lawless violence”
THE WAVE of killings in Negros Oriental has stoked talk of martial law in the province. From July 18 to 27, at least 21 people have been gunned down... Read more
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Former Radyo Lumad station manager thwarts warrantless arrest
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A former station manager of the now-defunct Radyo Lumad thwarted attempts by government soldiers to take her into custody without a warrant. On 3 August 2019, members... Read more
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Journalist shot, wounded in Northern Philippines
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A journalist and human rights activist the military has tagged as a supporter of the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of... Read more
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Bacolod journalist harassed
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – In another likely incident of intimidation and harassment, a Bacolod-based journalist covering the spate of killings in Negros Oriental province was tailed by a still unidentified person... Read more