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UP Gawad Plaridel opens nominations
THE UNIVERSITY of the Philippines College of Mass Communication is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Gawad Plaridel. Read more
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Joint statement: Media rights groups slam detention of Al-Jazeera journalists in Malaysia and calls for greater transparency
We, the undersigned organizations which advocate for media freedom and responsibility in South-East Asia, regret theunnecessary detention and interrogation of three Al-Jazeera journalists who were reporting an armed standoff... Read more
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Challenge to the dominant press
THE PHILIPPINES has a long alternative press tradition that goes back to the reform and revolutionary movements of the late 19th century—from Marcelo H. Del Pilar’s Diariong Tagalog, to... Read more
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Malaysian police detain Filipino journalist, news crew in Sabah
CMFR/Philippines – The Manila-based Al-Jazeera news team covering an armed standoff in Sabah was detained for six hours in the town of Lahad Datu by the Malaysian police last... Read more
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Autopsy rules out possible suicide of witness of a journalist killing
The autopsy of the body of a witness in the killing of a freelance journalist released 11 February 2013 concluded that there was foul play, ruling out the initial... Read more
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Filipino crew released; Jordanian journalist still missing
The Abu Sayyaf kidnap for ransom group released 2 February 2013 Filipino television crewmen it had captured with Jordian journalist Baker Atyani in Sulu province in June 2012. Sulu... Read more
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Court orders arrest of reporter, editors over libel case
A provincial correspondent and her editors were served last 20 February 2013 a warrant of arrest for a criminal libel case filed by a gold trader in Camarines Norte.... Read more
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Corporate governance
HERE AGAIN is one of those exchanges I find myself drawn to with students researching for academic papers and theses. This time it’s about my take as a newspaper... Read more
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Media can help build peace in Mindanao
PEACE, AT last. This was the sentiment of much of the public with the signing of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) last Oct. 15. Read more
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More than reporting the stock market’s high
CHEERS TO 24 Oras and the BusinessMirror for providing an additional perspective on the implications of the Philippine Stock Exchange index’s (PSEi) breaching the 6000th mark last January. Read more