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SEAPA Gender and Alerts workshop report

SEAPA Gender and Alerts workshop report Same problems, different conditions By Jose Bimbo Santos During the farewell meal for participants in the Gender and Alerts Workshop and the Organizational... Read more

Heroes of Press Freedom: The underground press in the time of Marcos

Heroes of Press Freedom The underground press in the time of Marcos Silent Warriors of the Pen By Carolina S. Malay Shortly after the declaration of martial law in... Read more

Monitors: TV

Express Balita of IBC-13, a government-sequestered network, clearly showed bias for Charter change in its Oct. 31 report which aired only the side of the politicians and groups rooting... Read more

Monitors: Print

The big falling-out The Philippine Daily Inquirer lives by the slogan “Balanced views, fearless views,” but the paper’s Oct. 28 headline, “It’s Palace vs ‘The Firm’: SC vote on... Read more

Speaking of Media

What Gloria wants “We are not only asking media to report only the good news but to deliver the facts straight and accurately….What we are after is freedom but... Read more

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

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

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

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

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