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Slay-attempt survivor still receiving threats

CMFR/Philippines – A Manila-based journalist who survived a slay-attempt last March 2012 is still under threat. He received a threatening call in the evening of 2 June 2013. Read more

Mixed blessing

THE PHILIPPINE blogging community is divided over whether to draft and/or adopt a code of ethical conduct that would govern online expression. As early as the onset of this... Read more

Party-list System: Quo Vadis?

THE ISSUE needs some breathing space, much clearing of previously held notions and impressions. At the heart of the misunderstanding is the impression, mine included and also held by... Read more

Re-elected governor confronts journalist (UPDATED)

CMFR/Philippines - The governor-elect of the province of Cotabato barged into a radio station in Kidapawan City last 21 May 2013 and confronted a journalist about election-related reports published... Read more

Social media poser threatens online news site

An online news site in Subic received threatening messages from a person posing as a member of the police’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team last 21 May 2013. Read more

More on 2013 Elections

I think we have done it again, making bad out of something good. Automated elections were hailed the first time around, as the speed with which winners were proclaimed made... Read more

A national fantasy

“POLITICAL MATURITY” is one of our great national hang-ups. We like wearing it for the same reason that a child given to fantasies of adulthood likes wearing Mom’s large,... Read more

Photojournalists, cameramen barred from covering hospital fire

CMFR/Philippines – A hospital official in Davao City ordered his staff to prevent TV cameramen and photojournalists from covering a fire last 22 May 2013. Read more

Stereotyping Muslims again

JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2 and GMA-7 for stereotyping Muslims in their reports on an incident that had nothing to do with religion or religious affiliation. Read more

Facebook Face-off

IT’S BEGINNING to look like a stretch, but assuming the integrity of the May 2013 mid-term exercise—meaning the votes cast were accurately counted by the Comelec’s problematic PCOS machines... Read more