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Palawan journalist killed
Barely a month after a receiving death threat, a hard-hitting radio commentator was shot dead last May 22 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, 586 kilometers south of Manila. Fernando “Dong”... Read more
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Councilor beats hard-hitting journalist
A hard-hitting TV host and tabloid columnist in Laguna (30 kilometers south of Metro Manila) was reportedly mauled by a city councilor on 16 May. Local journalist Iring Maranan... Read more
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Photo-journalist killed in Metro Manila
A Manila-based photojournalist was shot dead by unidentified men on 16 May in Caloocan City, just north of Manila. Albert Orsolino, 43, a photojournalist working for the Manila-based tabloid... Read more
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Tabloid reporter killed
On the eve of this year’s World Press Freedom Day (03 May) celebration, a provincial tabloid columnist was gunned down by unidentified men in Mandaluyong City, just east of... Read more
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AFP restricts media access in HQ
Barely 24 hours before the yearly World Press Freedom Day celebration took place on May 2, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) released a memorandum imposing restrictions on... Read more
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Editor’s Note: Living in a Familiar Time
The end of Proclamation 1017 did not bring about the end of the war between media and the Arroyo administration. If at all, it saw the beginning of a... Read more
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Speaking of Media
Who’s afraid of media? “Even though 1017 has been lifted, the war with the media continues. The administration is now focusing on specified action involving charges of inciting to... Read more
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Bearers of Good Tidings – Website seeks to balance ‘bad’ news in media
Website seeks to balance ‘bad’ news in media Bearers of Good Tidings By Venus L. Elumbre Everyday, Filipinos are fed with news that are mostly about crime, war, corruption,... Read more
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An Uneasy Peace: Media and government continue to eye each other with suspicion
Media and government continue to eye each other with suspicion An Uneasy Peace By Nathan J. Lee More than a month after Presidential Proclamation 1017 was lifted, journalists remain... Read more