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Online Threats against Journalists Continue: TV Reporter Receives Hateful Threat
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A GMA News reporter received a malicious threat online on September 19 after covering Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s trip to Singapore in an effort to counter... Read more
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Safhras Khan, 39
SINGAPOREAN journalist Safhras Khan died of a heart attack Sunday, September 10. He was 39. Khan was a senior correspondent for Yahoo News Singapore. He started his journalism... Read more
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Flagging More Risks for Youth: DepEd’s Random Drug Tests
THE DEPARTMENT of Education (DepEd) released on August 8 DepEd Order No. 40, s. 2017 (DO 40, s.2017) which implements the policy of carrying out random drug tests in... Read more
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Capitalizing on A Victim’s Grief: GMA-7’s Insensitive Interview
AMID GOVERNMENT claims that it is now safer on the streets, the spate of killings in the war on drugs continues, with more children and minors added... Read more
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Still Most Shabulized? TV5’s Aksyon Checks Duterte’s Iloilo Drug Figures
“YOU ASKED for the assignment sa Leyte. Namatay ang mayor doon. You asked for another assignment sa Ozamiz, namatay ang mayor doon, si Parojinog. Ngayon, gusto mo sa... Read more
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Arnold Amber, 77
VETERAN JOURNALIST and free expression advocate Arnold Amber lost his battle against cancer on Monday, September 4. He was 77. Amber received a master’s degree in political studies... Read more
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Fact-checking a Flip-flopping President
THE PRESIDENT’S words become public policy. So when President Duterte says something, media must be quick to examine the impact of his pronouncements. CMFR cheers VERA Files for... Read more
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Navigating The Gridlock: The Grab, Uber Mess and Commuter Experience
THE OPERATION in the Philippines in recent years of transportation network companies (TNCs) such as Grab and Uber offered the commuting public a new and welcome option, but... Read more
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Radio Broadcaster Survives Shooting Attack in Legazpi City
CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A local radio broadcaster survived attack on Thursday, 24 August 2017 in Legazpi City, Albay. Legazpi City is 339 kilometers south of Manila. Carlos Sasis, a... Read more
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Joel Palacios, 70
Photo from Joel Palacios’ Facebook account VETERAN JOURNALIST Joel Palacios died Tuesday, August 29, one of the five fatalities in a stabbing incident in Pasay City. He was 70.... Read more