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Journalist Maria Ressa wins Philippines’ first Nobel Prize

ON OCTOBER 8, Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace." Ressa is the first Filipino laureate of the world's most prestigious accolade.

Jose Veloso Abueva, 93

JOSE VELOSO Abueva, who served as president of the University of the Philippines, and a former trustee of CMFR, died in his home in Antipolo, Rizal, in the early morning of Wednesday, August 18. His daughter, Rosanna Abueva posted the announcement on her Facebook page, saying that her father...

Veteran journalist Melo Acuña, 64

VETERAN JOURNALIST Melo Acuña passed away early Friday morning, August 27, at the Quezon City General Hospital. He was 64.

ANFREL SEA Media Fellowship on Election Reporting

THE ASIAN Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) is calling for applications for its media fellowship on election reporting for Southeast Asian journalists.

Jose Jaime “Nonoy” Espina, 59

JOSE JAIME "Nonoy" Espina, a veteran journalist and fierce advocate of press freedom, died in his home in Bacolod City after battling liver cancer on Wednesday night, July 7, with his family around him. He was 59 years old.

Duterte tagged a ‘press freedom predator’ by media watchdog

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte has been tagged by a worldwide watchdog as a "press freedom predator."

OML Center Balangay Media Project

The Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management (OML Center) is accepting applications from local media practitioners and climate change advocates for their Balangay Media Project which aims to “build their capacities for science-based reporting and utilize traditional, new, and out-of-home media to promote...

A Personal Remembrance: Joaquin Bernas, S.J. and CMFR

FATHER JOAQUIN Bernas of the Society of Jesus was born July 8, 1932 in Baao, Camarines Sur. The many testimonials after his death last March 6 described an astonishing legacy of service to the nation. A scholar and educator, he exerted lasting influence as a public intellectual, with his...

Domini Torrevillas, 80

AT 80, Domini Torrevillas was still writing and filing her column, “From the Stands” for The Philippine Star. A brief fatal illness ended 49 years of work as a journalist and a life lived with zest and in its fullness. She died in her native Gingoog City in Misamis...

Negros Island’s paper of record closes shop

by Daryl Z. Lasafin A VENERABLE press institution closed down last month. After 38 years, Bacolod City-based The Visayan Daily Star published its last issue on October 17. Like many other community-based newspapers in the country, the paper suffered as the coronavirus pandemic exacted its toll on the news...

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