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Journalists allege manhandling by US envoy’s escorts and military hospital guards

CMFR/Philippines – Journalists covering the turnover of donations by the US Embassy to a military hospital in Quezon City said they were manhandled by the envoy’s escorts and by... Read more

Another broadcaster arrested for libel (UPDATED)

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Another broadcaster facing libel charges was arrested last 18 April 2011 in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte. Lanao del Norte is a province approximately 792 kilometers south... Read more

Judging Willie

By Luis V. Teodoro (“Vantage Point”, BusinessWorld, April 15-16, 2011) Former University of the Philippines law dean Raul Pangalangan says that the public call for an advertisers’ boycott of... Read more

Legitimizing plagiarism

JEERS TO Philippine Star’s Alfred A. Yuson for an argument that in effect legitimizes plagiarism, and could give journalists, writers, and editors the mistaken impression that using portions of... Read more

JOSE L. PAVIA, 72

Jose L. Pavia, one of the nation’s most respected journalists, died this morning (18 April) in the hospital where he had been confined following a series of... Read more

P-Noy urged to stop killings

SEVERAL MEDIA, media advocacy organizations and journalism professors and students led by the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) are urging President Benigno Aquino III to take concrete steps... Read more

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