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Filipino photojournalist bags scholarship

Vicente Jaime “VJ” Villafranca, a 26-year-old former photojournalism student at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University, was recently named the 2008... Read more

The roots of the food crisis

CHEERS TO GMA-7 for running a public affairs special last July 6 that looked at the continuing problem of food security. “Kalam” traced the roots of the food security... Read more

Coverage of ARMM elections marginalized says poll watchdog

CMFR/Philippines – In one more indication of the media’s tendency not only to neglect positive developments in the region, but also to remain focused on Manila issues, the approaching... Read more

CMFR Statement on the RTC Ruling: A Blow To Press Freedom

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility looks at the dismissal by the Makati Regional Trial Court of the class suit it filed with other media organizations and individual... Read more

Journalist killed in Quezon province

CMFR/Philippines – Two unidentified men gunned down a provincial journalist on his way home in Sariaya, Quezon province on 30 June 2008. Quezon is a province approximately 100 kms... Read more

Escalating the Cost of Free Expression

Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility Statement on the conviction for libel of Ninez Cacho-Olivares The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility views with alarm the conviction for libel... Read more

A blow to press freedom

THE Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility looks at the dismissal by the Makati Regional Trial Court of the class suit it filed with other media organizations and individual... Read more

Mindoro journalist’s petition for writ of amparo denied

In what could be a setback to the campaign for legal protection of journalists under threat, the Manila Court of Appeals denied on 27 June 2008 a petition for... Read more

Judge dismisses case filed by journalists against Manila Pen arrests

CMFR/Philippines—A Makati, Philippines Regional Trial Court judge dismissed a class suit filed by journalists and media organizations against government officials who caused the arrest of several dozen journalists covering... Read more

Legitimizing bandits

Would it have improved the prospects for peace negotiations between the bandit group and the government if ABS-CBN’s Ces Drilon had obtained and aired that exclusive interview with the... Read more