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Palace draft of freedom of info bill: Focus on restrictions?
A scan of the initial draft of the Aquino administration’s Freedom of Information (FOI) bill reveals a focus on restricting rather than enhancing the right to information. The administration... Read more
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Broadcaster shot dead in southern Philippines
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster was gunned down by two unidentified gunmen last 22 August 2011 in Enrique B. Magalona town, Negros Occidental. Negros Occidental is approximately 467 kilometers... Read more
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Libel against editor and publisher dismissed
CMFR/PHILIPPINES - The Baguio City Regional Trial Court dismissed the libel case against the Baguio Midland Courier editor in chief Cecil Afable and publisher Charles Hamada last 1 August... Read more
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Newsbreak editor and staff members face libel suit arraignment
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The editor in chief and four other members of the Manila-based Newsbreak magazine have been summoned for arraignment by an Ilocos Sur court in connection to a... Read more
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Notes on CMFR’s Media Monitor
In monitoring media coverage, CMFR reviews the text/broadcast output of the media organization. CMFR’s critique focuses on the news “product” or text. We do not normally look at the... Read more
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A Year After: The Press and the Aug. 23 Hostage Taking
One year after the bloody Aug. 23, 2010 hostage taking incident in Manila, has the Philippine press learned any lesson from the coverage? Read more
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Lynch Mobs and Rabble Rousers
As the often colorful language of Filipino journalists would put it, the “XXX” episode was an “SS” story, “SS” being shorthand for masturbation. Read more
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No place for apathy
It was in 2003 when I first covered a fact-finding mission on human rights violations (HRVs). I was months into what was then the newly established progressive media venture,... Read more
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Fellowships open for 15th Lopez Jaena Journalism Workshop in October; Workshop to focus on justice and human rights
The University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) will hold the 15th Lopez Jaena Journalism Workshop from October 19 to 25 at the UP College of... Read more
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Competition Policy
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility in cooperation with the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center, with a grant from the National Endowment for Democracy, invites you to... Read more