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Journalist assaulted by businessman
CMFR/ Philippines - An editor of a weekly newspaper was assaulted by a businessman and brother of a town mayor in the province of Sorsogon last 23 September 2012.... Read more
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PJR Reports August-September 2012
THE PEOPLE were its first victims, but the media were at least among the first casualties of Ferdinand Marcos’ declaration of martial law in 1972. Marcos signed the declaration... Read more
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Reinventing the airports
CHEERS TO BusinessMirror for a report about a study on what improvements the country’s airports need to attract more passengers. Read more
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Fact check
CHEERS TO InterAksyon.com for a report on the effects of the “pill” after the claims of Sen. Tito Sotto III in his speech in the Senate of its supposedly... Read more
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Why we need an FOI Act
IN 2008, I wrote about PCIJ’s experience in accessing documents on projects funded with official development assistance. I was just in my second month on the job at the... Read more
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Reporting the economy
CHEERS TO news website Rappler.com for a report comparing the economy under President Benigno Aquino III when he took office in 2010 and the changes in the economy in... Read more
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Water woes
CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Failon Ngayon for its detailed report on rising water rates, the operation of water concessionaires in Metro Manila, and the performance of the agencies that... Read more
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One-sided report
JEERS TO BusinessMirror for a one-sided report about the situation of Philippine civil aviation. Read more
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DOF gag order
FINANCE SECRETARY Cesar Purisima has issued a memo forbidding officials of the Department of Finance (DOF) from speaking to the press on matters not related to their duties as... Read more
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Looking Back: 40 years since the declaration of Martial Law
WHAT WERE the lessons learned by the Philippine press as a result of Martial Law, or did it learn anything at all? As we commemorate the 40th year since... Read more