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Sidebar | Approved Amendments to Article 6, Crime and Crisis Situations, KBP Broadcast Code
THE KAPISANAN ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (Association of Broadcasters of the Philippines, KBP) approved the following amendments in a general membership meeting on Oct. 20, 2010. The amendments,... Read more
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Impunity Update
THE INTERNATIONAL Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) designated Nov. 23 as the International Day to End Impunity during its biannual General Meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, from May... Read more
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Out of the media boxMaking Sense of Oil Price Hikes
OIL IS among the economy’s most important and widely-used commodities. Its price, which directly and indirectly affects so many people, is among the most politically sensitive issues in the... Read more
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News Agenda Failure?Focus On a Wedding
THE COVERAGE of the British royal wedding showed how the Philippine press evaluates which events are newsworthy. Of the conventional news values, human interest and prominence usually take precedence... Read more
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Kidapawan City radio commentator threatened
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Kidapawan City radio commentator received a threat for his commentary on the arrest of a murder suspect last 27 June 2011. Kidapawan City is the capital... Read more
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Prosecutor dismisses libel case
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A prosecutor dismissed a libel complaint against a columnist and staff member of a regional newspaper in San Fernando City, Pampanga. San Fernando, Pampanga is approximately 67... Read more
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CommentaryTV, Willing Willie, the Public Sphere
by Melinda Quintos de Jesus Published in the May-June 2011 issue of PJR Reports THE CONTROVERSY hounding the television show Willing Willie does not begin and end with the boy, Janjan,... Read more
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News as Entertainment
PRESIDENT AQUINO's love life, Pope John Paul II’s beatification, and the British royal wedding were among the major stories in the Philippine media last April. These landed on... Read more
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Reporting the Number
by Bernadette Reyes Published in the May-June 2011 issue of PJR Reports To be the first to know is not always a good thing, especially when people don’t want to hear... Read more
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Family of slain Palawan journalist files MR against dismissal of alleged masterminds, accomplices (UPDATED)
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The family of a slain Palawan broadcast journalist filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) a motion for reconsideration asking the reinstatement of charges against the alleged... Read more