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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.

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Gani’s example


On March 6, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) Deputy Director Luis V. Teodoro paid tribute to Philippine Daily Inquirer publisher Isagani "Gani" Yambot during the media community's recognition of his legacy.

ISAGANI YAMBOT, 77


Isagani Yambot, publisher of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, who died of a heart ailment on March 2, was one of the few remaining journalists in this country who didn’t believe in spin, or in editorializing in the news pages. In the seminars, symposia, roundtable discussions and other events in...

One-sided


Jeers to The Manila Times for a one-sided report on the Cybercrime Prevention bill which recently passed on third reading in the Senate.

Looking back


CHEERS TO online news sites Bulatlat.com and InterAksyon.com for dedicating a page containing reports and analyses on the Hacienda Luisita issue.

Covering conflict journalists for peace


The media were at it again, drumbeating war. Biased, sensational and contextually inaccurate reporting of the bloody encounter in Al-Barka, Basilan between Philippine Army troops and Moro rebels last Oct. 18, and succeeding incidents, stoked the flames of what many journalists—especially those who fancy themselves as macho war reporters—excitedly awaited:...

Boy Abunda and the “entertainmentization” of news


Showbiz news used to consist only of a segment and were usually aired near the end—after the “hard” news on politics, business, and social issues. Today’s showbiz news is no longer confined to one segment and is usually distributed throughout the news program, and delivered by a host—a showbiz celebrity...

Media at workBeating the war drums in Mindanao


ON Nov. 2, 2011, The Manila Times, the country’s oldest newspaper, came out with a banner story that outscooped everybody else. “Mindanao War Inevitable,” the headline screamed in big black type across the entire width of the newspaper. It was a startling, if not alarming, piece of prophetic journalism, especially since...

Asian Media Barometer: The Philippines 2011Excess of freedom, impunity; Deficit of ethics, self-criticism


The Philippine media community, one of the freest and most rambunctious in all of Asia, is an incredible, hopefully not incorrigible, story of dissonant currents and practices.

Radio broadcaster wounded in ambush


CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A day after the first International Day to End Impunity last November 23, another radio broadcaster was critically wounded in an ambush in Cagayan De Oro City.

Ghosts and goblins


The media went all superstitious and supernatural two weeks ago with the usual avalanche of news and special reports about ghosts and goblins before and during All Saints ’ Day, or it’s known in the West, Halloween.

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