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FM radio blocktimer is first media practitioner killed in 2013

A city councilor who is also a radio blocktimer was shot dead by a lone gunman in an apparent ambush in San Pablo City in the province of Laguna... Read more

UPDATED: State of press freedomAttacks and threats in 2012

THE FAILURE of the Benigno Aquino III administration to stop the killing of journalists and to speed up the prosecution of cases in court has disappointed journalists, press freedom... Read more

Labor laws

JEERS TO Malaya Business Insight for a one-sided and incomplete Oct. 25, 2012 banner story on Philippine employment laws. Read more

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and Solar Network News for their joint story that examined the Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALNs) of... Read more

Abolishing the PCGG

PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION on Good Government (PCGG) Chair Andres Bautista may have a point. The PCGG may have to be abolished—but only so it can be reorganized so it can... Read more

Capitol-run cable TV channel suspended; Former TV head, reporter file charges vs acting gov

THE TEMPORARY shutdown of a government-run cable channel in the province of Cebu has led to the filing of administrative charges against the acting governor, a lawyer, and two... Read more

PJR Reports October-December 2012

The year 2012 was particularly problematic for the Philippine press, primarily because of the continuing harassment and killing of journalists. But Presidential and Congressional initiatives as well as default... Read more

Covering the Sin Tax Bill: Mostly focused on Policy Issues

PROMINENTLY IN the news in October and November this year was the “sin” tax bill (now known as Republic Act No. 10351 or An Act Restructuring the Excise Tax... Read more

TV network, online site enter media landscape

NEWS NEVER stops, and neither do the news organizations. A new television channel and a new online content provider were launched in 2012 just as the impeachment trial of... Read more

Obit, September-December 2012

Obituary of journalists and media workers from September to December 2012. Read more