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PCIJ Story Project Calls for Proposals for the Production of Innovative Stories

TO ENCOURAGE new forms of storytelling, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has launched The PCIJ Story Project which will provide grants that will enable journalists and... Read more

Amelyn Veloso, 43

VETERAN NEWS anchor Amelyn Veloso lost her three-year battle against cancer on Thursday, August 24. She was 43. Veloso worked in television and radio for two decades. A... Read more

Workers in Peril: Looking at Safety in Valenzuela Factories

THE KENTEX factory fire which claimed 74 lives in 2015 exposed harsh working conditions in factories in Valenzuela City. With the dismissal of charges filed against city officials,... Read more

Bautista vs Bautista: Personal and Political

Screengrab from CNNPhilippines.com THE PRESS has a nose for controversy and the slightest whiff of scandal can cause a media frenzy. All media took notice when the Philippine Daily Inquirer... Read more

Customs Under Fire: Shabu from China on the “green lane”

Seized shabu amounting to P6.4 billion | Photo from the Bureau of Customs PH Official Facebook Page HEARINGS IN the House of Representatives and the Senate probed the smuggling of... Read more

Up Close and Personal: Bloggers in the “People’s Palace”

“WE’RE IN interesting times wherein we are seeing bloggers with names become bigger than anyone… It’s a phenomenon that we have to embrace, at the same time we... Read more

Libel Cases: Three Journalists Charged, One Case Dismissed, News Team Posts Bail

LEGAL TUSSLES in one week involved several journalists. Three newsmen were charged with libel. A libel case was dismissed. And a news team posted bail to avoid arrest... Read more

Tabloid Columnist Wounded in Batangas Shooting

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – A lone gunman shot and wounded a columnist of a Manila-based tabloid and his driver in Batangas City on August 9, 2017; two days after... Read more

Ozamiz Raid: Of Regularity and Irregularities

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte just crossed out another name in his narco-politicians’ list with the bloody raid on the residential compound of Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr.The attack... Read more

20-year Partnership of Embassy of Canada in the Philippines, CMFR Recognized

THE EMBASSY of Canada in the Philippines recognized its 20-year ongoing partnership with CMFR on Monday, August 7, 2017 when Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland awarded... Read more