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CONCRETE ACTION NEEDED TO STOP THE KILLINGS: An Open Letter to President Benigno Aquino III

AS THE NATION takes its annual Holy Week retreat, the advocates for justice for slain journalists and press freedom protection recall their hopes in your assumption to power and... Read more

Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa: Focus on reverse exodus

by Martha A. Teodoro Political unrest broke out in one of the richest regions in the world as 2010 wound down. People from at least 15 countries in the... Read more

Crisis in JapanFomenting Panic

by Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo Among the positive consequences of the earthquake, tsunami, and ensuing nuclear crisis in Japan was official and public concern over the vulnerability of the... Read more

Libel complaint against journalists dismissed

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A provincial prosecutor dismissed last 18 January 2011 a libel complaint filed by a government employee against a columnist and the editors of a local newspaper in... Read more

Alleged gunman in the 2006 murder of Palawan radioman acquitted

CMFR/PHILIPPINES –A court in Palawan acquitted a former police officer accused of killing a broadcaster in 2006. The decision was promulgated 11 April 2011. In a decision dated 8... Read more

SEAPA opens applications for 2011 fellowships

The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) will accept applications to its 2011 Journalism Fellowship Program until April 22, 2011. The fellowship is open to regular or freelance print, broadcast... Read more

PJR Reports January – February 2011

|| IN THIS ISSUE || The Vizconde Ruling Media Go Soft on Webb by Rupert Francis D. Mangilit with a report from Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo Covering Military Corruption... Read more

PJR Reports May – June 2010

|| IN THIS ISSUE || Automation, at Last! Sidebar: Media Technology on Election Day 2010: Showdown or Showtime? 14th Congress Kills FOI Bill by Ruby Shaira F. Panela Revisiting... Read more

PJR Reports March – April 2010

|| IN THIS ISSUE || A problematic Exercise Election Uncertainties Dominate News Themes Dry Spell in the News A Drought of Reports on El Niño by Alaysa Tagumpay E.... Read more

PJR Reports January – February 2010

|| IN THIS ISSUE || The Ampatuan Massacre More than Crime by Alaysa Tagumpay E. Escandor and Martha A. Teodoro Rerouted: Manny’s C-5 Crime by Hector Bryant L. Macale... Read more