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  • Pakistan: Entries Invited for Fourth Annual Gender in Journalism Awards 2006

    Entries are invited for the fourth annual ‘Gender in Journalism’ Awards 2006. The two awards, which are for print journalists, have been instituted by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)... Read more

  • Pagadian spokesman-broadcaster slain

    Rolando Canete, a radio block timer who also worked as a spokesman to a local politician, was gunned down by unidentified motorcycle-riding men last 20 January in Pagadian City,... Read more

  • Bataan columnist shot dead

    Graciano Aquino, a columnist for a Central Luzon newspaper, was shot and killed at close range by unidentified suspects last 21 January inside a cockpit arena in Morong town,... Read more

  • Cebu photojourn’s killer gets death

    A Cebu judge ordered the death penalty for the convicted killer of Allan Dizon, a photojournalist who worked for The Freeman and Banat News last 19 January. Cebu City... Read more

  • Dangers of Mercury

    Mercury Conference and ExpoVenue: Philippine Heart Center, East Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines.Date: January 25 and 26, 2006 One of the most serious – and preventable – pollutants stemming from... Read more

  • Cebu journalist slay suspect identified

    Local police recently claimed they have traced the mastermind behind the killing of journalist George Benaojan in Talisay City, Cebu, 600 kilometers south of Manila. In a statement released... Read more

  • Esperat case transferred to Cebu

    The Supreme Court approved the transfer of the trial of crusading journalist Marlene Esperat slay case to Cebu City last month. Acting upon the request of the Esperat family... Read more

  • Exciting changes in JVO awards

    This year, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) is introducing an innovation in the selection process for the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ).... Read more

  • Blogging about Garci

    Even when Garcillano disappeared, his media presence did not wane as the press pondered and posited on his possible whereabouts in both the mainstream press and in journalists’ blogs.... Read more

  • A scoop flavored Garci

    The reappearance of former elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano on Nov. 27 before national television after hiding for five months was the latest twist in this political saga that has... Read more