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Editor’s Note: Making heroes
Time magazine’s choice of Asian heroes gave Filipinos a big reason to be proud. There in the list of the most illustrious names in the continent were four Filipinos:... Read more
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Journalists and media groups file civil suit vs. Mike Arroyo
URGENT PRESS ADVISORY FOR: News and public affairs head/editor FROM: Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility SUBJECT: Filing of class action suit in behalf of the Philippine press against... Read more
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Newsbreak staff posts bail for Arroyo libel charge
CMFR/Philippines—Five journalists posted bail at the Regional Trial Court of the Manila City Hall in 14 December 2006 following the approval of the filing in court of libel charges... Read more
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Two radio broadcasters shot in Iloilo
CMFR/Philippines—Two radio journalists were injured when two unidentified men fired their guns at them on 1 December 2006 in Estancia, Iloilo, a province located about 400 kilometers south of... Read more
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Palawan reporter complains of threats
CMFR Philippines—A radio reporter has complained of threats by a police officer after the latter became the subject of reports of wrongdoing. Lourdes Escaros-Paet, reporter for the radio station... Read more
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Ilocos Norte reporter killed
CMFR/Philippines—Assailants stabbed to death a community journalist on 20 December 2006 in Batac, Ilocos Norte, a province north of Manila. Andres “Andy” Acosta, 46, news reporter for dzJC and... Read more
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CMFR invites class civil suit petitioners vs Arroyo to a meeting
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) urges the petitioners in the media civil class suit against presidential spouse Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo to attend a meeting on... Read more
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CMFR on Acosta’s killing
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) has just released an alert about the killing of Andres Acosta. According to initial CMFR research, Acosta’s killing might not have... Read more
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And the list becomes 45
According to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), there are now 45 journalists charged with libel by presidential spouse Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo. According to the... Read more
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Human rights vs Southeast Asia’s culture of impunity
The theme for the 2007 Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) Journalism Fellowship Program has never been timely as this: “Human Rights Versus a Culture of Impunity in Southeast Asia.”... Read more