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Ten international NGOs press Arroyo over Esperat murder case

The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders and nine other international media organizations, including CMFR, have expressed their concern about the continuing impunity in the cases of slain journalists. Read the... Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monitors

Rumors of a plot to oust President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from Malacañang were again rife in February and March. Malacañang gave credence to the talk as it cited the... Read more

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