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Cotabato FM station harrassed by mayor

A local FM radio station faces suspension when a town mayor recently accused the former of illegal operations in Kabacan, Cotabato, around 1100 kilometers south of Manila. In her... Read more

Tribune tries to get case dismissed

MANILA, Philippines – An editor-publisher, charged last month with inciting to sedition, has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to drop the case against her and two other columnists.... Read more

Local mayor threatens closure of Mindanao radio station

Accused of maligning the local government, a radio station was threatened by a town mayor last 05 April in Valencia City, Bukidnon, approximately 830 kilometers south of Manila. In... Read more

CPJ calls for probe of killing of journalist

New York, April 4, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an immediate and full investigation into the shooting death today of part-timenewspaper editor and columnist Orlando Tapios Mendoza.... Read more

Tarlac journalist slain

A community journalist was gunned down by unidentified men on his way home last Sunday (02 April 2006) in Tarlac City, around 110 kilometers north of Manila. Orlando Mendoza,... Read more

Negros media under AFP crosshair?

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental — A top Negros Occidental-based military officer claimed that a closed down local paper in 2004 was being revived as a propaganda tool of the... Read more

Covering a ‘coup’: Lost in Fort Bonifacio

By Booma B. Cruz SO WHAT really happened in Fort Bonifacio on Feb. 26? For those watching on television, it was like an unfolding drama. But for journalists who... Read more

The Big Chill at GMA-7

What Proclamation 1017 did The Big Chill at GMA-7 By Booma B. Cruz In less than 24 hours after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo placed the country under a state of... Read more

What is Sedition?

Don’t be surprised if government officials like Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez are suddenly enumerating the provisions of the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines in justifying the continued media... Read more

Petition for Certiorari, Prohibition and Declaratory Relief

(An executive summary) A. Objectives a. To declare that the Executive Department, represented by the Executive Secretary, the Secretary of Justice, the Director General of the Philippine National Police... Read more