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Ressa Among Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People
RAPPLER CHIEF Executive Officer and Executive Editor Maria Ressa is one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2019. Ressa joins other global leaders, artists and sports icons... Read more
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PH Slips Further in RSF World Press Freedom Index; Cites Persecution of Critical Media
THE PHILIPPINES dropped one spot in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index released by international media watchdog Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF-Reporters Without Borders) on April 18. The Philippines ranked... Read more
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Media Watch Groups Notes Increasing Intimidation, Shrinking Space for Free Press in PH
NEW YORK-based press freedom watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) found during their mission to the country last week that journalists in the Philippines are facing increasing levels of... Read more
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“Tokhang-Style” Negros Killings: Reports Miss Violence as Policy
THE POLICY of violence was lost in the reporting of the death of 14 farmers in Negros Oriental. Joint operations conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Public... Read more
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SC Orders Release of “Drug War” Records but Media Attention Wanes
THE SUPREME Court (SC) ordered the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to release police records documenting President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” on April 2. In an unexpected... Read more
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FMA Digital Rights Camp 2019
FOUNDATION FOR Media Alternatives (FMA) is accepting applicants for a series of capacity-building and awareness-raising activities, including the Digital Rights Camp, to advance human rights in the Philippine digital... Read more
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Pinoy Lensman Bags World Press Photo Award
FILIPINO PHOTOJOURNALIST Ezra Acayan won second prize in the World Press Photo Award for his photograph of a crime scene after an alleged drug personality was shot dead by... Read more
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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (April 6 to 12)
Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 6, 2019 The Philippine Star, April 8, 2019 Manila Bulletin, April 9, 2019 Manila Standard, April 10, 2019 The Manila Times, April 12, 2019 Read more
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Reporting Grants for Women’s Stories
THE INTERNATIONAL Women’s Media Foundation’s (IWMF) Reporting Grants for Women’s Stories is accepting applications until April 21. Sponsored by the Secular Society, the IWMF’s Reporting Grants for Women’s Stories... Read more
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Court Summons Tech Firms Over Cyber-attacks
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Quezon City Regional Trial Court served a summons on 11 April 2019 to two tech firms facing a civil complaint filed by alternative media groups critical... Read more