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CMFR announces new Ongpin fellows; Carolyn O. Arguillas 2011 Marshall McLuhan Fellow, John Nery 1st Sandra Burton Nieman Fellow

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information on the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar (JVOJS), please contact the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) at any of the following... Read more

Coverage of Pope John Paul II’s beatification: Adulation without understanding

Hector Bryant L. Macale With research from Karlin E. Galao, Mari Joie A. Ladia, and Venus Clarisse C. Tenorio News about the May 1 beatification of Pope John Paul... Read more

Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility in cooperation with the Open Society Foundation Media Program and the Ateneo De Manila University invites you to the Jaime V. Ongpin... Read more

Murder complaint against former governors, four others dismissed

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A panel of public prosecutors found probable cause to file murder charges against the person who allegedly hired the gunman and the gunman’s accomplices in the killing... Read more

Radio commentator killed in Camarines Sur

CMFR/PHILIPPINES - A radio commentator was shot dead Monday, 13 June 2011, in Iriga City, Camarines Sur province. Iriga City is approximately 294 kilometers from Manila. Romeo Olea, 49,... Read more

PJR Reports March – April 2011

|| IN THIS ISSUE || Merci in Media What Fourth Estate? by Hector Bryant L. Macale with research from Venus Clarisse C. Tenorio and Ro Adrian Daniel E. Taningco... Read more

Broadcaster claims governor attacked him (Updated)

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A broadcaster of a government-run radio station plans to file charges against the governor of Kalinga province for allegedly attacking and threatening to kill him. Kalinga is... Read more

Cotabato City-based reporter warned of possible attack

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Friends from a military intelligence unit recently warned a radio broadcaster from Cotabato City of his possible assassination. Cotabato City is approximately 894.57 kilometers south of Manila.... Read more

Thirty-eight organizations call for freedom of expression and justice in the Ampatuan massacre trial – IFEX

Thirty-six members of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) together with the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP)... Read more

The social relevance of Church-owned radio

By Isabel Templo For 37 years, DZPA, an radio station on the AM band owned and run by the Diocese of Bangued, had been operating alone in Abra—until the... Read more