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Pampanga reporter arrested for libel
Pampanga reporter arrested for libelSource: Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility A reporter in Pampanga, a province 80 kilometers north of Manila, was arrested on 19 December 2006 for... Read more
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Grisly 2006
The year 2006 may be over, but it sure is going to be remembered for being “one of the bloodiest years ever for journalists around the world.” The Philippines,... Read more
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TV Monitors
Cheering squad for Cha-cha On Dec. 4, Newswatch, which is aired on government-sequestered RPN-9, came out with a one-sided report criticizing opponents of Charter change (Cha-cha) in Congress. On... Read more
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Print Monitors
The forgotten While Congress and media were preoccupied with the Charter-change debate, important bills were gathering dust in the House of Representatives. The Manila Times published a special report... Read more
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Speaking of Media
A bold experiment “University of the Philippines law professor Harry Herminio Roque now presents us with a bold and novel experiment. In behalf of almost all of the defendants... Read more
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Editor’s Note: Rough Spots
In a television talk show a few nights ago, lawyer Harry Roque swore he would never work with journalists again. When the talk show host asked why, the usually... Read more
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TV Monitors
Not by numbers alone MEDIA’S REPORTAGE on surveys has been very spotty. The background of the studies is often forgotten. For instance, Bandila reported last May 3 on a... Read more
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Crisis: International
Zimbabwe gov’t monitoring communications ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has signed a law allowing the interception and monitoring of communications transmitted through a telecommunication, postal, or any other related service... Read more
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Media lawyer and family threatened with death
CMFR/Philippines—The lawyer handling the class action suit of Filipino journalists against presidential spouse Jose Miguel Arroyo received several threatening text messages and a phone call on 3 January 2007.... Read more
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Pampanga reporter arrested for libel
CMFR/Philippines—A reporter in Pampanga, a province 80 kilometers north of Manila, was arrested on 19 December 2006 for libel. Dante Fabian, a senior reporter for Sun.Star Pampanga, was arrested... Read more