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On the latest version of Palace FOI billImprovements noted

On Feb. 2, 2012—Malacañang has for the first time forwarded a draft Freedom of Information (FOI) bill to the House of Representatives for discussion and possible enactment. It has been... Read more

A triumph for free expression and press freedom

THE Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) hails as a triumph for free expression and press freedom the declaration by the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), which was... Read more

Philippines ranked 140th in Press Freedom Index

The Philippines is up 16 places in the 2011 Press Freedom Index released by Reporters sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders, RSF). Read more

PCIJ Training on SALN

PCIJ will conduct another briefing on January 27. Go to http://pcij.org/blog/2012/01/13/do-the-saln-salsa-with-pcij to know more. Read more

How is the press faring in its Corona impeachment trial coverage?

It has been seven days since the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona started. Since Jan. 16, CMFR has been asking online media users their thoughts on the press... Read more

Publisher threatened after condemning media killings

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A newspaper publisher in General Santos City claimed he received a threatening text (SMS) message last 17 January 2012 after calling for the arrest of the killers... Read more

Looking back

CHEERS TO online news sites Bulatlat.com and InterAksyon.com for dedicating a page containing reports and analyses on the Hacienda Luisita issue. Read more

In-depth report?

Jeers to Newsbreak for its incomplete report on the contraceptive ban in Bataan where seven barangays in Bataan passed an ordinance which banned the sale of modern forms of... Read more

Highlighting what’s needed

Cheers to Reporter’s Notebook for highlighting something not normally in the press radar: the continued crimes against deaf women in the country and the need for interpreters ... Read more

Cheers to Reporter’s Notebook for its Nov. 1 special report “Nilapastangang Bangkay (Desecrated Corpses)” that reported on how the dead are sometimes used to hold illegal gambling operations, among... Read more