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Radio blocktimer killed; 28th since 2009 Ampatuan Massacre

CMFR/Philippines – A radio blocktimer was shot dead by an unidentified shooter in Digos City, Davao del Sur province, on 23 May 2013. The incident occurred on the 54th... Read more

Out of focus

JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2's TV Patrol for focusing on a supposed premonition by the children of a Yolanda-ravaged family instead of hard information when it reported the death of... Read more

Crime as public spectacle

JEERS TO several media organizations for forgetting their responsibility to protect the identity and dignity of the dead. Read more

Report on contractualization

CHEERS TO THE Philippine Daily Inquirer for its Labor Day special report addressing the plight of the Filipino worker. Read more

Senate committee looks into killing of journalists

CMFR/Philippines – A senate committee held a hearing on 20 May 2014 to discuss with stake holders the continuing killing of journalists and media workers in the country. Sen.... Read more

Last February 28, the Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecution panel in the Ampatuan, Maguindanao Massacre consolidated cases (AMMC) filed a manifestation before the Regional Trial Court Branch 221 of... Read more

Chronicle

COPC two-day photojournalism workshop; Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative fellowship; Thomson Reuters business and financial reporting training program Read more

Obit

FILIPINO WRITER Amer Reyes Amor died in a motorcycle accident last May 15. He was 31. Read more

Death squad responsible for killing of radio blocktimer — Human Rights Watch

CMFR/Philippines – A report from the Human Rights Watch (HRW) released on 21 May 2014 said members of the “Tagum Death Squad” (TDS) were responsible for the killing of... Read more

More than a labor issue

By Luis V. Teodoro THE PRACTICE of not paying reporters or broadcasters salaries, although already a creeping reality in the decades that followed the dismantling of the Marcos dictatorship, is... Read more