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Denying Voters the Right to Choose

A GREAT majority of the positions at stake in the May 9 elections this year are in local government.They exceed by the thousands the 26 national posts of 24 seats... Read more

Campaign Trail Story Dominates Election News

REPORTS ON the campaign sorties of the 2016 presidential candidates continued to dominate the airtime allotted by TV news programs for election-related reports from March 6 to 19. CMFR monitored... Read more

The First Vice Presidential Debate: Refuting the “Spare Tire” Label

TAKING OFF from the first two presidential debates, the first-ever vice presidential debate in the country’s history offered the public a refreshing view of their electoral choices in 2016.... Read more

Perverting the Party-List System

THE PARTY-LIST system was institutionalized through Republic Act 7941 in 1995 to assure marginalized sectors of society of representation in Congress. The law uses the word “under-represented” to refer... Read more

Mayoralty Candidate Sues Journalists for Libel

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A candidate for mayor of Dapa, Surigao Del Norte has filed libel charges against several local journalists over a report on her supposed “swindling” of the... Read more

Batangas Court Acquits Suspect in 2009 Broadcaster Killing

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A court in Batangas acquitted a police officer accused of killing a lawyer-broadcaster in 2009. The decision was promulgated 14 April 2016. Lipa City Regional... Read more

International Women’s Media Foundation – 2016/17 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship

THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S MEDIA FOUNDATION (IWMF) is now accepting applications for the 2016/17 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, which was created in memory of Boston Globe correspondent and IWMF Courage in... Read more

Obit

Rodolfo Reyes, 80 FOUNDING MANILA STANDARD PUBLISHER AND EDITOR Rodolfo Reyes died Thursday, April 14. He was 80. Reyes started his journalism career in the pre-martial law Manila Times.... Read more

Reporting the Kidapawan Clash: Lots of Questions

THE VIOLENCE that erupted in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato, on April 1, when police officers opened fire on protesting farmers and activists, is one of those events that... Read more

Chronicle

Second Asian Investigative Journalism Conference Journalists working in developing and transitioning countries in Asia are invited to apply for a fellowship to attend Uncovering Asia: The Second Asian Investigative... Read more