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  • PPI laments attempts to curb press freedom

    Here comes another statement from the Philippine Press Institute after the group met last March 1: The Philippine Press Institute views with grave concern attempts to curtail press freedom... Read more

  • Presidential Proclamation 1017 attacks Philippine media

    MANILA, Philippines – Exactly twenty years after the restoration of democracy and press freedom in the country, local media was again under threat shortly after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared... Read more

  • For the record

    The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility strongly opposes President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s declaration of a State of National Emergency and urges her to withdraw it. The Center also condemns... Read more

  • PPI Statement

    (The following is the statement issued by Mr. Amado P. Macasaet, chairman-president of the Philippine Press Institute and publisher of Malaya in the light of the declaration of state... Read more

  • First casualties??

    Are UP Prof. Randy David and lawyer Argee Guevara the first casulaties of the controversial Proclamation 1017? The two gentlemen were “arrested” by the police and brought to Camp... Read more

  • text of Proclamation 1017

    Below is the full text of the controversial proclamation. After 20 years of EDSA, have we come full circle? MALACAÑANG PALACE MANILAPROCLAMATION NO. 1017PROCLAMATION DECLARING A STATE OF NATIONAL... Read more

  • Local police chief harasses correspondent

    A reporter covering a demolition along a national highway was allegedly harassed by a local police chief last 09 February in Malolos, Bulacan, around 40 kilometers north of Manila.... Read more

  • Two journalists arrested for libel

    Two local editors of a defunct weekly newspaper were arrested recently on charges of libel in Butuan City, around 790 kilometers south of Manila. Kristina Cassion, 28, and Franklin... Read more

  • Esperat case to re-open tomorrow

    After a delay of five months, the trial on the murder of crusading journalist Marlene Esperat is set to officially restart tomorrow, 15 February 2006 after being transferred to... Read more

  • The 2006 SEAPA Journalism Fellowship

    The 2006 SEAPA Journalism FellowshipReligion in Southeast AsiaMay 1 – June 10, 2006 The Southeast Asian Press Alliance is inviting journalists from Southeast Asia to send applications for the... Read more



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