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‘Bading,’ Homosexual: Incorrect, Irrelevant

JEERS TO GMA-7’s 24 Oras and Sun.Star Cebu for erroneously and unnecessarily tagging their news subjects as “bading” and “homosexual.” 24 Oras misidentified in a report the transgender... Read more

Death Penalty: Legal, Rights Issues Ignored

HIS PROMISE to eradicate crime in a span of three to six months was at the forefront of President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign. Known for his tough stance on... Read more

Duterte’s Proposed EO on FOI: Not Very Well-Informed

THE PHILIPPINE press has been promoting the passage of a Freedom of Information (FOI) act for years, the idea being that if there’s a law that would ensure... Read more

Uncovering Security: Emerging Threats Training Program

JOURNALISTS FROM developing countries, the USA, Canada or Germany are invited to apply to “Uncovering Security: Emerging Threats”, a training program organized by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The... Read more

Emergency Fund for Women Journalists

AS SUPPORT in times of crisis, the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) is offering an emergency fund for women journalists of any nationality. Staff or freelance women reporters... Read more

Obit

Stanley Burke, 93 CANADIAN NEWS ANCHOR Stanley Burke died Saturday, May 28. He was 93. Burke anchored Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s The National News from 1966 to 1969 before... Read more

Protecting Journalists, Protecting Democracy

CMFR TAKES exception to President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s statement, made during his May 31st press conference in Davao City, that most of the journalists who have been killed in... Read more

All the President-Elect’s Men: Who Are They?

A PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENT or even president-elect publicly identifying the people he wants to play a key role in his administration may well serve purpose that the press could... Read more

Misleading headline

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for using the misleading verb “snub” in a report on the proclamation of the incoming president and vice president which Davao City Mayor... Read more

Disaster Preparedness in the Time of La Niña

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Failon Ngayon for looking into the state of government’s pending flood-control projects as summer segued into the rainy season. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and... Read more