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Bangkok Declaration

Bangkok Declaration Asia Media Forum Bangkok, December 17-19, 2006 This declaration was drafted in a conference sponsored by the Asia Media Forum in Bangkok, Thailand, on Dec. 17-19, 2006. ... Read more

Provincial governor warns journalists

Governor Josie Mendoza dela Cruz of Bulacan, a province north of Manila, warned journalists on 22 January 2007 that she will file libel charges against them if they report... Read more

The legal basis for suing Jose Miguel Arroyo

Under the Philippine Civil Code, there exists a chapter with the title, “Human Relations.” It is the second chapter of the Code and it contains the articles that were... Read more

Journalists take a public figure to court: FIGHTING BACK

Journalists take a public figure to court FIGHTING BACK By Jose Bimbo F. Santos “In the history of the world, those who have won have always been those who... Read more

Heroes of Press Freedom: Jose Burgos Jr. – A Timeless Hero

Heroes of Press Freedom: Jose Burgos Jr. A Timeless Hero By Lourdes Molina Fernandez IT WAS the height of irony that a newspaper that was part of the “crony... Read more

How well did the press do its job? Covering “Nicole”

How well did the press do its job? Covering “Nicole” By Venus L. Elumbre From the day a 22-year-old Filipino woman accused a US Marine of raping her in... Read more

Case against suspected killers of journalist reopened

A resolution by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on 16 January 2007 ordered the reopening of the murder case against the suspected killers of radio broadcaster Rolando Ureta, who... Read more

ABS-CBN report on axed ABC-5 programs a case of speculative journalism?

ABC-5 did not just cancel its public affairs programs Frontlines and Dokyu, but has in fact axed its entire public affairs programming, Alecks Pabico posted in Inside PCIJ last... Read more

Did Arroyo order the closure of two ABC-5 shows and Newsbreak?

Did the government order the closure of two critical public affairs shows on ABC-5 and the hard-hitting Newsbreak magazine?TV Patrol World, the primetime newscast of ABS-CBN, reported yesterday that... Read more

Global freedom stagnating; Philippines suffers freedom setbacks, global group says

There was little change in the state of press freedom in the world in 2006, according to the recent survey findings made by the Washington-based freedom advocacy group Freedom... Read more