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The continuing past (Updated)

AT A lecture I gave recently to journalism students, the discussion, until now focused on the principles of news writing, was detoured by someone in the audience toward a... Read more

Government agents use reporter to access Sulu Sultan’s home

Alleged agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) posed as members of a TV news crew so they could enter the house of Sulu Sultanate head Datu Abdul... Read more

Mayor files libel complaint vs. blocktimer

A mayor in Pampanga province filed a libel complaint against a radio blocktimer last 21 February 2013. It was the second libel complaint filed by the mayor against broadcaster... Read more

Reporter survives slay attempt

CMFR/Philippines – A freelance reporter in Bacoor City, Cavite survived two gunshot wounds in a slay attempt in the morning of 6 March 2013. Bacoor City, Cavite is about... Read more

Papal Bull

THE RESIGNATION of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope has been in Philippine news media—in TV, radio, and print—from the time he first announced his intention to resign the Papacy up... Read more

Correspondent mauled for alleged ‘bias’

POLICE OFFICERS mauled a correspondent-photojournalist covering the supposed raid by disaster victims of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) office in Davao City last 27 February 2013.... Read more

Kasalanan ba ang EDSA?

By Melinda Quintos de Jesus I COULD not say no, when asked to be patched in for a radio interaction with students. The program: UNTV Radio LA VERDAD 1350 kHz... Read more

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

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

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