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Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Journalists’ Civil Suit Against Government Officials

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Supreme Court of the Philippines affirmed the dismissal of a civil suit filed by journalists and media groups against government officials for press freedom violations during... Read more

Fearless Cartoonist Jess Abrera Leaves Inquirer

AWARD-WINNING cartoonist and Philippine Daily Inquirer pioneer Jess Abrera Jr. left the Philippine Daily Inquirer on January 1, 2019 after 30 years in the newspaper. The cartoonist is known for his... Read more

Media Debunk Arroyo’s ‘Exoneration’

CHEERS TO GMA News Online and Rappler for pointing out that not all charges against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo have been dismissed, contrary to the claims of her lawyer,... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (January 5 to 11)

Malaya Business Insight, January 7, 2019 The Manila Times, January 8, 2019 The Manila Times, January 9, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 9, 2019 Manila Standard, January 10, 2019 The Philippine Star, January 11, 2019 Read more

Media Focus on Urgent Public Health Issues

CHEERS TO GMA-7’s 24 Oras and I-Witness for calling attention to some of the most urgent public health issues in a series of reports and a documentary that aired... Read more

Against Rewriting History: Inquirer on the Marcoses’ Revisionism

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its series on how social media is being weaponized by the Marcos family to advance their political interests and revise Philippine history.... Read more

Tabloids link NUJP to CPP-NPA-NDF

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Three Manila-based tabloids published similar banner stories on 7 January 2019 linking the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) to the Communist Party of the... Read more

Keeping Go in the Public Mind

JEERS TO The Philippine Star for giving so much space to Christopher “Bong” Go, the former special assistant of President Rodrigo Duterte and a senatorial aspirant in the coming... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (January 1 to 4)

The Manila Times, January 2, 2019 The Philippine Star, January 3, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, January 3, 2019 BusinessMirror, January 3, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, January 4, 2019 Read more

Surigao del Sur Radio Anchor Survives Slay Attempt

CMFR/PHILIPPINES- A radio broadcaster survived a slay attempt on 28 December 2018 in the municipality of Tago, Surigao del Sur. Surigao del Sur is 1,314 km south of Manila.... Read more