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Desecrated corpses
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
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Harassments marked start of 2012
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Attacks against journalists and media workers marked the start of 2012 in the Philippines. Read more
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On LPG taxis
Cheers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its series that looked at the alleged negative effects of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-fueled taxis. Read more
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Covering conflict journalists for peace
The media were at it again, drumbeating war. Biased, sensational and contextually inaccurate reporting of the bloody encounter in Al-Barka, Basilan between Philippine Army troops and Moro rebels last Oct.... Read more
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Journalists, media workers harassed in Manila demolition
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Local anti-riot police detained and manhandled a group of journalists and media workers during the demolition of an allegedly illegal settlement in San Juan City last 11... Read more
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Publisher killed in Bohol province
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – NO SUSPECT has been identified in the 15 December 2011 killing of a local newspaper publisher in Trinidad City, Bohol province. Bohol is a province 640 kilometers... Read more
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Boy Abunda and the “entertainmentization” of news
Showbiz news used to consist only of a segment and were usually aired near the end—after the “hard” news on politics, business, and social issues. Today’s showbiz news is no... Read more
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The November visit of Hillary ClintonAnother opportunity missed
The overnight visit of United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last November received wide, though not necessarily meaningful coverage from the Philippine press. Among the television networks,... Read more
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