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Building up People Power: the role of the alternative press

Coverage of the 25th anniversary of the Philippine People Power events focus on the chain of events from February 21 and the takeover of government by Corazon Aquino. But... Read more

Tarlac-based journalists received death threats over corruption stories

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Three journalists said they received death threats after reporting alleged corruption in the construction of an expressway in Tarlac. Tarlac is a province approximately 107 kilometers from... Read more

Justice delayed

Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) on the 15th month since the Ampatuan Massacre of November 23, 2009 THE TRIAL of those formally accused in... Read more

Neither closure nor justice

Statement of the FFFJ on the murder complaint against the alleged masterminds in the killing of Gerry Ortega The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists Inc. (FFFJ) calls for the... Read more

Covering climate change: Missing the forest for the trees

by John Reiner M. Antiquerra Published in the January – February 2011 issue of PJR Reports The Philippine media reported on the possible effects of the unusually cold weather last... Read more

Widow of slain journalist files charges against former governors, mayor

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – THE WIDOW of a Palawan radio broadcaster named two former provincial governors and a town mayor suspects in the 24 January 2011 killing of her husband. (Palawan... Read more

Attacks on journalists continue in the wake of second work-related killing

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Just days after the killing of Palawan-based radio broadcaster Gerardo Ortega, several attacks against journalists occurred in different parts of the Philippines. In Iloilo, a publisher-editor of... Read more

Warning to Media

by Ruby Shaira Panela Published in the January – February 2011 issue of PJR Reports Media, media advocacy and journalists’ organizations must keep a close watch on what the country’s... Read more

Reading what they support—or oppose

Cheers to GMA News Online for posting the full text of the consolidated Reproductive Health (RH) bill approved by the House Committee on Population and Family Relations as of... Read more

Covering military corruption: Investigative and explanatory pieces led the way

by Hector Bryant L. Macale Published in the January – February 2011 issue of PJR Reports The allegedly rampant corruption in the military was in the news again after former... Read more