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TV reporters hurt during demolition

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two TV reporters got hurt while covering a confrontation between local authorities and informal settlers during a demolition of the latter’s homes in Makati City last 28... Read more

Four charged for March 2011 murder of Manila broadcaster

CMFR/PHILIPPINES— The local police of Malabon City filed murder charges against the four alleged killers of radio broadcaster Marlina Flores-Sumera at the city prosecutor’s office last 25 April 2011.... Read more

RE The Aquino administration proposals for an FOI Bill

The Presidential Communications Group did not directly consult the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) on the administration’s proposals for a Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. However, CMFR... Read more

The Long Road to Justice

By Mark Merueñas AS SOON as you enter the high-walled compound of the Quezon City Jail Annex in Taguig City where the Ampatuan multiple murder case is being heard,... Read more

Ethics, the Culture of Impunity, and Democracy by Luis V. Teodoro

DELIVERED DURING THE NUJP FORUM COMMEMORATING WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, MAY 3, 2011 LET ME start by quoting CMFR’s statement which we issued in commemoration of this year’s World... Read more

Agusan Del Sur Hostage-taking: Lessons from the Past

By Karlin E. Galao, Mari Joie A. Ladia, and Norman Lee Benjamin Riego Unlike the coverage of the Ducat and Mendoza hostaging incidents, the media coverage of the Agusan... Read more

Shoot first, ask questions later

Jeers to The Philippine Star for shooting first and asking questions later. Last April 11, the Star claimed that President Benigno Aquino III had fired his aunt, Margarita “Tingting”... Read more

In Defense of Press Freedom

Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2011 AS IN THE PAST, WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2011... Read more

When sources resent media

by Marlon Alexander Luistro When disasters such as tsunamis, typhoons and earthquakes strike, people usually turn to the media for news and information. But who else will the people... Read more

Remembering JOSE PAVIA: Journalist and Freedom Fighter

(Melinda Quintos de Jesus’s speech during the necrological service for Jose “Joe” Pavia, April 21) It is a little difficult to place myself in the chronology of recollection and... Read more