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  • AFP Press Release

    JEERS to Malaya for the report “AFP officials to attend DOJ probe on missing UP students,” which sounded like a press release from the Armed Forces of the Philippines... Read more

  • Beyond Violence

    CHEERS to MindaNews for a comprehensive and balanced article on the Davao Mayor Sarah Duterte punching incident. While most news reports, especially those from major news organizations such as... Read more

  • Obit: Wrokpoh, 38

    Prominent Liberian journalist Patrick Wrokpoh died after undergoing medical treatment at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Hospital in Monrovia last June 24, 2011. He was 38. Read more

  • Does Self-Regulation have a Future in the Philippines?

    THE MEDIA are not only failing to regulate themselves; more importantly, some media organizations are actually depending on the government to intervene, in effect eroding the very principle of... Read more

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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