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Sinning Against the ‘Sin’ Tax Bill

JEERS to Malaya Business Insight for its aggressively biased reporting of the deliberations on the “sin” tax bill spanning a year from March 2012 until 2013, after the passage... Read more

Covering the Campaign and Elections is 2013 Ongpin Seminar Topic

REPORTING the 2013 midterm campaign and elections and other media issues will be the subject of the 2013 Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar. Read more

Blocktimer shot and wounded

CMFR/Philippines – An unidentified gunman shot and wounded a radio blocktimer in the afternoon of 20 June 2013, in a parking lot near a mall in Cebu City. A... Read more

Our dream, our rightPass the People’s FOI Act now!

Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition statement. Read more

Misbehaving Justice?

JEERS TO The Manila Times for its inaccurate and unfair reporting last June 17 on a Supreme Court (SC) Justice’s alleged tantrums. Read more

News Media Literacy and Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar registration form

You have chatted with us, answered our Question of the Week, and engaged us online in monitoring the press and discussing media issues. We want to give back the... Read more

Village captain sues Cebu blocktimer for libel

CMFR/Philippines – A village chief in Barili town, Cebu province, sued a radio blocktimer for libel last 14 June 2013, two months after the latter allegedly made a libelous... Read more

CARTOONS HAVE been part of Philippine newspapers since the late Spanish era. They flourished in the reformist press during the propaganda and revolutionary period, and gained greater popularity during... Read more

Cartoonist quits newspaper after suspension

CMFR/Philippines – A major national newspaper suspended a long-running comic strip series last 6 June 2013 after a Catholic school threatened to sue the publication, in protest over being... Read more

Making sense of the numbers

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for its groundbreaking work in providing the public accessible information on government spending, campaign finance, and budget transparency. Read more