CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR | Page 362 of 404
-
Arrest of Ocampo triggers surge in party list elections coverage
The filing of charges against Bayan Muna’s Congressman Saturnino “Satur” Ocampo, his arrest, the attempt to fly him to Leyte, and his detention at the Manila Police District headquarters... Read more
-
Solon prevented from speaking to the media
Members of the press were prevented from interviewing detained Bayan Muna (Nation First) Representative Satur Ocampo by his police custodians, who claimed that media interviews would be risky for... Read more
-
Newspaper editors and publisher post bail for libel
The publisher, along with seven editors of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, one of the Philippines’ major dailies, was detained for an hour at a Manila Police Station on 20... Read more
-
CMFR Monitor of News Media Coverage of the 2007 National Elections First Report: TV, broadsheets covered TU most in first three weeks of campaign
First Report (February 13 – March 2) The media advocacy group Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) has found that the six leading television news programs and the... Read more
-
Radio station bombed
An unidentified individual onboard a motorcycle bombed the service vehicle of dxCC (828kHz), a radio station of the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN), parked in front of the station in... Read more
-
Five journalists post bail; editor released after a night in jail
Four editors, including one who was arrested and spent a night in a police station, and a staff writer of a Philippine online magazine, posted P10, 500 ($210) bail... Read more
-
The rewards and heartaches of photojournalism: Life behind the lens
By Mike Perez FLASH REPORT! Tatlo patay…” an announcer blurts out from an AM radio. It’s 8:30 a.m. Everyone pauses. Their attention is drawn to the radio the way... Read more
-
Obituaries
Modena, 58 ANTONIO MODENA, a diplomat and a former deskman of Malaya, died of pneumonia and heart complications on Feb. 17 in Pasig City. He was 58. Modena, who... Read more
-
Crisis: International
US gov’t muzzles scientists TESTIMONIES from several witnesses, including former government scientists, heard at the House of Representatives’s Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Jan. 30 described how... Read more