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We will not surrender our freedoms

Today, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.

Covering the Pandemic

Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic

Crisis: International

W. African president’s brother sues for libel L’EVÉNEMENT, A bi-monthly publication in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in West Africa, was tried for libel on Jan. 8 after François Compaoré, brother of President Blaise Compaoré, filed a complaint for articles linking him to the 1998 murder of journalist Norbert Zongo. The...

Crisis: National

Ilocos Norte reporter killed A RADIO reporter and community paper journalist was stabbed to death on Dec. 20 last year in Batac, Ilocos Norte. Andres “Andy” Acosta, 46, reporter for dzJC and the monthly community paper Northern Light, was on his way home from a Christmas party of reporters...

The Presscon That Wasn’t

A reporter’s ringside view of an incident The Presscon That Wasn’t By Ellen Tordesillas ARRIVING AT the Dusit Hotel for the press conference called by Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. on Dec. 9, 2006, I found all the seats behind the TV cameras occupied. Three rows of seats in front...

Media reporting on HIV/AIDS

Covering a ‘silent story’ Media reporting on HIV/AIDS By Ma. Diosa Labiste MEDIA COVERAGE of HIV/AIDS* in the country is generally sympathetic but remains seasonal and, sometimes, sensational. These were some of the findings of a study by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines under the International...

Living in Dangerous Times

Survival tips for journalists Living in Dangerous Times By Junette B. Galagala N THE Philippines, where some journalists regard libel suits as badges of honor, threats are seen as part of the journalist’s territory. But in a country that has been ranked as the second most dangerous place in...

The struggles of the community press

The struggles of the community press Surviving politics and poverty By Nathan Lee and Jose Bimbo F. Santos CAN AN independent press survive in an environment of political warlordism and economic want? Members of the country’s provincial press have long been wrestling with this question. In some community papers,...

Bangkok Declaration

Bangkok Declaration Asia Media Forum Bangkok, December 17-19, 2006 This declaration was drafted in a conference sponsored by the Asia Media Forum in Bangkok, Thailand, on Dec. 17-19, 2006. The event was attended by journalists and journalism educators from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, the People’s Republic of China, Indonesia,...

The legal basis for suing Jose Miguel Arroyo

Under the Philippine Civil Code, there exists a chapter with the title, “Human Relations.” It is the second chapter of the Code and it contains the articles that were cited by the journalists as the basis for the class action suit against the President’s husband, Jose Miguel Arroyo. Chapter...

Journalists take a public figure to court: FIGHTING BACK

Journalists take a public figure to court FIGHTING BACK By Jose Bimbo F. Santos “In the history of the world, those who have won have always been those who have challenged the unchallengeable.” — Oriana Fallaci Filipino journalists and their sympathizers made history on Dec. 28 when they filed...

Heroes of Press Freedom: Jose Burgos Jr. – A Timeless Hero

Heroes of Press Freedom: Jose Burgos Jr. A Timeless Hero By Lourdes Molina Fernandez IT WAS the height of irony that a newspaper that was part of the “crony press” under Ferdinand Marcos, and from which sprang the core group of reporters and editors that gave world press freedom...