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Ilocos Norte reporter killed

CMFR/Philippines—Assailants stabbed to death a community journalist on 20 December 2006 in Batac, Ilocos Norte, a province north of Manila. Andres “Andy” Acosta, 46, news reporter for dzJC and the monthly community paper Northern Light, was on his way home from a Christmas party of reporterNOts at the Northview...

RP Still One of the Worst Press Freedom Violators

Ranking drops because of harassment, killings RP Still One of the Worst Press Freedom Violators The Philippines is still one of the worst press freedom violators in the world, according to an annual report released recently by the Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontiéres (RSF). RSF’s 2006 World Press Freedom Index,...

Media in the Philippines and Thailand: States of Emergency and the Press

Media in the Philippines and Thailand States of Emergency and the Press By Roby Alampay BANGKOK—On Feb. 24, 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo placed the Philippines under a state of national emergency, claiming that her government had uncovered yet another plot to topple her administration. Invoking a newly-minted presidential...

Police tries to arrest reporter

AN ARREST warrant for a business reporter, one of the 43 journalists sued by the husband of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Jose Miguel Arroyo, was served by at least six policemen right inside the Malacañang Palace compound last 13 November. Five Manila Police District policemen entered the press working...

Newspaper columnist receives death threat

A newspaper columnist who has been charged with libel by the husband of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo received a death threat through the e-mail on 12 November. Ellen Tordesillas, columnist and chief of reporters of the daily newspaper Malaya (Free), found the threatening message on her e-mail at around...

Seeking Justice for Journalists

By Rachel E. Khan and Nathan Lee In the past year, continued efforts by local and international media organizations had brought about significant developments in pursuing justice for the slain journalists. Just last Oct. 6, three of Marlene Esperat’s killers were sentenced to reclusion perpetua by a Cebu City...

Public Apathy Toward Repression

Media’s bigger problem Public Apathy Toward Repression By Don Gil K. Carreon Then Presidential Proclamation 1017 was declared, placing the country under a state of emergency, there was little public outcry. Even when Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said the government was planning to issue guidelines on how media should...

A Wanton Disregard for Press Freedom

A Wanton Disregard for Press Freedom (The following statement was drafted by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines in response to the libel cases filed by First Gentleman Mike Arroyo. It was signed by 648 journalists (as of Oct. 11) and 41 local and international groups such...

Provincial council summons newspaper editors for publishing a poem

PROVINCIAL council officials summoned the editors of Bandillo ng Palawan, an environment newsweekly, for the publication of a poem critical of the provincial government. An Oct. 4 letter by the provincial council addressed to Bandillo’s editorial board summoned the newspaper for “matters relative to the poem entitled ...

Censoring Documentaries

TV current affairs programs under the glare of the MTRCB Censoring Documentaries By Nathan Lee Ten years ago, censorship was a problem that bedeviled films. Today, censorship is still a problem and its exercise has come to include television documentaries. In the past few months, four current affairs programs...