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ABS-CBN’s Jumilla is the 2012 Marshall McLuhan Fellow
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information on the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar (JVOJS), please contact the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) at any of the following... Read more
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Covering corruption is Ongpin seminar topic
Reporting corruption will be the subject of the 2012 Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) has announced. Read more
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Foreign journalist, Filipino crew missing in Jolo
CMFR/ Philippines – A three-man news team from a foreign television network has been missing since 12 June 2012 in Jolo, Sulu, an alleged stronghold of the kidnap for... Read more
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Review the criminal procedural rules for the sake of Philippine democracy
We, the signatories, call upon the Supreme Court to review the rules of court that are prone to abuse in order to hasten the resolution of cases involving the... Read more
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Iloilo City mayor prohibit newspapers running “malicious” reports
CMFR/ Philippines - The mayor of Iloilo City threatened to bar newspapers that will publish “malicious reports” about the city government and the International River Summit from covering the... Read more
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Still no alias warrant for alleged masterminds in Esperat slay
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati has deferred resolution of the prosecution’s second motion for the issuance of alias warrants of arrest against the alleged masterminds in the... Read more
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For press freedom and freedom of information: Oppose HB 5835 and SB 2965
Certain members of the 15th Congress apparently have no knowledge of, or have chosen to ignore, the fact that freedom of information is a human right, and that the... Read more
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Radio commentator threatened in Facebook
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio commentator and station manager in Bugasong, Antique received a death threat in his Facebook account last 18 May 2012. Bugasong, Antique is 412 kilometers... Read more
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Local electric cooperative exec files libel charges against correspondent
The Masbate City Prosecutor’s Office has recommended the filing of libel charges against a journalist accused of maligning an official of the provincial electrical cooperative. The journalist claimed he... Read more