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Coalition Welcomes People’s Gains in FOI

The Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition welcomes the recent public endorsement by President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III of the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) law and the release of the executive’s final proposed bill.

TV news crew claims threat from village councilor

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A village councilor allegedly threatened a TV news crew in Cagayan de Oro City last 1 February 2012. The village councilor denied the allegation.

On the latest version of Palace FOI billImprovements noted

On Feb. 2, 2012—Malacañang has for the first time forwarded a draft Freedom of Information (FOI) bill to the House of Representatives for discussion and possible enactment. It has been 19 years since the first FOI bill was filed in the House of Representatives. Advocates had expected President Benigno S....

A triumph for free expression and press freedom

THE Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) hails as a triumph for free expression and press freedom the declaration by the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), which was adopted during the 103rd session of the United Nations, that the provisions of the Philippines’ Revised Penal Code (RPC) penalizing...

Philippines ranked 140th in Press Freedom Index

The Philippines is up 16 places in the 2011 Press Freedom Index released by Reporters sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders, RSF).

PCIJ Training on SALN

PCIJ will conduct another briefing on January 27. Go to http://pcij.org/blog/2012/01/13/do-the-saln-salsa-with-pcij to know more.

Publisher threatened after condemning media killings

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A newspaper publisher in General Santos City claimed he received a threatening text (SMS) message last 17 January 2012 after calling for the arrest of the killers and masterminds in the murder of a fellow publisher last 5 January 2012.

Harassments marked start of 2012

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Attacks against journalists and media workers marked the start of 2012 in the Philippines.

Journalists, media workers harassed in Manila demolition

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Local anti-riot police detained and manhandled a group of journalists and media workers during the demolition of an allegedly illegal settlement in San Juan City last 11 January 2012. San Juan is a city within the Philippines’ National Capital Region (Metro Manila).

Publisher killed in Bohol province

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – NO SUSPECT has been identified in the 15 December 2011 killing of a local newspaper publisher in Trinidad City, Bohol province. Bohol is a province 640 kilometers south of Manila.