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Radio Blocktimer Shot in Negros Oriental

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Unidentified men on a motorcycle shot and killed a radio blocktimer, who was running for councilor in 2019, in La Libertad, Negros Oriental on 28 December 2018.... Read more

Alternative News Sites Down in Cyber-attack

CMFR/PHILIPPINES - Three alternative media websites have been inaccessible since 26 December 2018 after they posted stories on the 50th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines... Read more

Man with Explosives Apprehended Near GMA Network

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A man carrying homemade explosives was stopped by security guards in front of the GMA Annex Building along GMA Network Drive in Quezon City, noontime on Christmas... Read more

Army Corporal Convicted of Frustrated Homicide of Blocktimer; Another Accused Acquitted

CMFR/Philippines – A court in Kabacan, North Cotabato found guilty an army corporal for the frustrated homicide of blocktime broadcaster Alberto Martinez in April 2005. However it acquitted the... Read more

Minors in the News: Naming Invites Further Harm

REPORTING MINORS in the news involves a number of ethical issues and considerations. Is the story newsworthy? Will the exposure or publicity cause them potential harm? The essential vulnerability... Read more

Media Didn’t Explain What Qualifies as “Pork”

IS THE controversial and unconstitutional pork barrel back? “Pork,” the lump-sum discretionary funds allotted to lawmakers for their pet projects was revealed to be used in a large-scale scam... Read more

Online News Site Looks Into “Favored Contractor” Background

CHEERS TO GMA News Online for its efforts to look more closely into the government dealings of Bulacan-based C.T. Leoncio Construction and Trading, which some congressmen said has been... Read more

Media Vigilant: Online Reports Note Reenacted Budget’s Link to Corruption

THE PHILIPPINE Congress adjourned this year without approving the 2019 General Appropriations Bill (GAB). Some senators blamed the House of Representatives for submitting the GAB late, citing their colleagues’... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (December 15 to 19)

Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 15, 2018 Manila Bulletin, December 17, 2018 The Philippine Star, December 17, 2018 The Philippine Star, December 18, 2018 Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 19, 2018 Read more

Press Releases in the Guise of News

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Manila Standard for publishing single-sourced stories on the House of Representatives’ supposed completion of President Rodrigo Duterte’s legislative agenda. Both reports come... Read more