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  • CSR and the media

    By Luis V. Teodoro Although the Philippines is a particularly disaster-prone country year ’round, both because of its geographical location (it sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” and is... Read more

  • An exercise in incoherence

    By Melinda Quintos de Jesus I CAN only guess at the objective of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) “roundtable” with Janet Lim Napoles, the primary object of a five month... Read more

  • CMFR statement on SB380 (“Magna Carta for Journalists”): WELL-INTENTIONED, BUT…

    The "Magna Carta for Journalists" (Senate Bill No. 380) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has re-filed before the 16th Congress (he earlier filed it before the 14th Congress) declares it... Read more

  • Media barred from coverage; colonel apologizes

    CMFR/Philippines – Army troops prevented reporters and photographers from entering a refugee evacuation center in Guindulungan town, Maguindanao province, on 30 July 2013. Maguindanao province in the island of... Read more

  • Continuing threats against TV broadcaster turn personal (UPDATED)

    CMFR/Philippines – The most recent threats sent on 9 August 2013 to a television broadcaster in Manila have gone personal. The threats are linked to a report she made... Read more

  • Napoles loses it

    By Luis V. Teodoro JANET LIM Napoles asked for it, and she got it: a meeting with (Philippine Daily) Inquirer columnists, editors, and reporters. The latter agreed, thereby giving Napoles... Read more

  • Obit

    Palmer, 77 AMERICAN JOURNALIST and veteran reporter John Palmer died of pulmonary fibrosis last August 3. He was 77. Read more

  • Chronicle

    Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award The Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award is open for application. Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award is sponsored by the Thomson Foundation for the UK Foreign Press... Read more

  • Evaluating the programs of the Aquino gov’t

    CHEERS TO ABS-CBN Corporation and GMA Network for keeping tabs on the performance of President Benigno S. Aquino III based on his campaign and inaugural promises as well as... Read more

  • FFFJ: Corruption and the Killing of Journalists

    Statement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists Janet Napoles and company may not have merely orchestrated the P10 billion pork barrel scam.  It now seems that they could... Read more