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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

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

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

Déjà vu Over EO 511

An Arroyo order triggers alarming memories of a media clampdown Déjà vu Over EO 511 By Hector Bryant L. Macale Is Gloria doing an Erap by issuing Executive Order... Read more

The Tale of the (Missing) Tape

By Hector Bryant L. Macale On March 10, Presidential Chief of Staff Mike Defensor said that television station ABC-5 had a taped interview with Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim announcing... Read more

REVIEW: REVIEW: Palace Documentary justifies PP1017

REVIEW: Palace Documentary justifies PP1017 SEEING TREASON n By Datu Jamal Ashley Abbas The movie Good Night and Good Luck (2005) showcased what many consider as television journalism’s finest... Read more