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Speaking of Media
Media and elections “We are deeply concerned over the lack and shortage of information on the party-list elections. Such a situation serves the purposes of those who seek to... Read more
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Editor’s Note: Some surprises
WHEN FR. Ed Panlilio decided to take a leave from the priesthood to run in Pampanga’s gubernatorial elections, Filipinos knew something was afoot. It was vaguely reminiscent of the... Read more
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Sounds like the Philippines?
The Philippines is not the only country in the world where killings of journalists remain rampant, resulting in a culture of “intolerable impunity,” and intimidation of the press coming... Read more
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CMFR Philippines Alert: Reporters receives death threat after exposing election anomalies
A television and a radio reporter for the ABS-CBN network received death threats in Lanao del Norte, a province located in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), after... Read more
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A statement from journalists who have filed a class suit against the president’s husband, Mike Arroyo
In view of Jose Miguel Arroyo’s announcement that he intends to withdraw all the libel suits he has brought against journalists (46 in all), the question is raised whether... Read more
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Senate and Party-list News takes a Backseat
Media coverage of the Senate and party-list elections waned less than a month before the May 14 elections as other issues competed for media’s attention. The fourth report of... Read more
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Commission on Election bans election quick counts
The Commission on Elections (Comelec), the government body responsible for running elections in the Philippines, ordered a stop on 16 May 2007 to the ‘media counts’ being conducted by... Read more
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Court bars airing of public affairs program story
A local public affairs was barred from airing a story on 12 May 2007 by a temporary restraining order (TRO). A representative from Lanao del Norte’s second district secured... Read more
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On Public Affairs Programs’ Coverage of the Senate Coverage and Party-list Elections and Political Advertising in Print and Broadcasting
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) has an analytical report on selected television public affairs programs’ coverage of the Senate and party-list elections and on the political... Read more
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Foreign journalists barred from interview in military camp
Two journalists from the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (Focap) were banned from entering the Philippine Marines headquarters in Taguig City on 9 May 2007 for a pre-... Read more