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A TV reporter’s paranoia?
A local television reporter recently sought police help when two motorcycle-riding men tailed him while he was on his way home in General Santos City, 980 kilometers south of... Read more
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Cebu journalists face libel suit
Five Cebu-based journalists are facing libel charges for publishing stories implicating a municipal mayor as the mastermind of the P94-million bank robbery in Bogo, northern part of Cebu. Sun.Star... Read more
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Photojournalist held by military
After mistaking him for a rebel, a photojournalist working for a national daily was held by local police and military last 4 October in Tarlac City, around 130 kilometers... Read more
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Misquoted and Misspelled
We appreciate the effort made by newspapers to inform the public about the plight and status of our fellow journalists. But, we would like to make a few clarifications... Read more
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The Elusive Garci
Since the “Hello, Garci” scandal erupted in June, the one key actor in the controversy remains elusive and is danger of being forgotten. Former elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano, accused... Read more
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CMFR press conference on media killings
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility will be holding a press conference on its analytical study of the media killings on Monday, 05 September, 11 am at the... Read more
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Editor’s Note
In journalism classrooms, students are taught that the ideal journalist is a watchdog of society, a voice for the voiceless. In recent years, however, journalism educators and practitioners in... Read more
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Phil Star correspondent receives threat
Three allegedly drug-crazed men hurled stones and tried to barge into the houseof a provincial journalist working for a national daily, just past midnightlast 11 August in Butuan City,... Read more
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Jennings (1938-2005)
Not just a news reader, Canadian-born Peter Jennings, stood out as one of the most distinguished broadcast journalists in the United States. Last Sunday, he succumbed to lung cancer... Read more
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Newsbreak editor gets death threat
It would seen that threats against journalists and freedom of expression are no longer confined to the provinces but has made its way to the capital. It is indeed... Read more