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Radio manager receives threatening text

A manager and franchise owner of a radio station in Hinoba-an town, Negros Occidental received a threatening message a few weeks after he filed a civil suit against the... Read more

Internet perils

RELYING for information on Twitter, Facebook, other social media networks, blogs, or the Internet in general can be perilous for journalists, and therefore, for the public they’re supposed to... Read more

Covering or seeking cover?: The curious cases of blocktimers in Negros Occidental

It is the election season, when politics, the news media, and entertainment are thrown into one merry, colorful, noisy, and moneyed mix. It is also the time when some... Read more

PJR Reports turns into a special annual

Starting this year, PJR Reports will be released as a special annual report on the state of the press. Read more

Exposing the pols’ offshore accounts

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for its comprehensive and timely two-part exposé on the undeclared offshore accounts of several Filipino politicians and former government executives.... Read more

Breakfast at Mary Grace

JEERS TO VERA Files for publishing a puff piece disguised as a “commentary” on athlete James Yap last April 2, 2013. Read more

Enough

ONE COULD argue that whatever happens to Kris Aquino matters. Not only is she the daughter of Ninoy and Cory Aquino; she is also one of the sisters of... Read more

Playing the blame game: the media coverage of a minor’s suicide

The mainstream media participated in the blame game that started in cyberspace when a student publication broke the story of a freshman University of the Philippines student’s suicide mere... Read more

CA again nullifies reinvestigation of Ortega slay

Another Division of the Court of Appeals (CA) has nullified the creation of a second panel of prosecutors to reinvestigate the killing of broadcaster and environmentalist Gerardo Ortega, and... Read more

Broadcaster assaulted for “negative” commentaries

ALLEGED RELATIVES OF a local candidate in Lanao del Norte attacked a broadcaster in Iligan City last 18 March 2013. Iligan City, a chartered city in Lanao del Norte,... Read more