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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...

CMFR Philippines Libel Update: Presidential spouse files libel vs. columnist

A well-known hard-hitting columnist and broadcaster was sued for libel by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s husband for the former’s alleged defamatory articles linking the first gentleman to smuggling activities. In his formal complaint filed last 06 September, Jose Miguel Arroyo said that columnist and popular hard-hitting television broadcaster Ramon Tulfo...

Government links communist group with media

A government official recently warned against possible communist infiltration of the country’s newsrooms. During a state-sponsored forum last 21 August, national security adviser Norberto Gonzales said that there “are big possibilities in the media that there are some practitioners being courted by enemies of the state and probably successfully.”...

Movie/TV board suspends documentary

For airing an episode showing individuals using drugs, a documentary program of a popular network was recently suspended by the country’s movie and television review board. In its memorandum dated last 15 August, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) suspended the ABS-CBN Network’s documentary program The...

Reporters escape slay, kidnap try; broadcaster receives death threats

Reporter escapes kidnap try in Laguna A tabloid correspondent recently escaped from three men who tried to abduct him while he was waiting for a ride home in Calamba City, 60 kilometers south of Manila. According to police reports, Dick Garay, a provincial correspondent of tabloid Police Files Tonite,...

Journalists asked to cover Aug. 8 prelim conference of the Roger Mariano case

the Tomorrow, August 8, the preliminary conference for the trial of Roger Mariano murder case will be held at the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 54, Manila City. The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists, of which the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) is a founding member and...

Dealing with an Accusation

When a news source makes a charge, what’s a reporter to do? Dealing with an Accusation By Hector Bryant L. Macale LIKE A scourge that will not stop, corruption is a persistent problem in the Philippines. Even the all-too-mighty media, for all its power in exposing corrupt public officials,...

Urgent press advisory — Mariano case arraignment set on July 28

Tomorrow, July 28, the arraignment for the trial of Roger Mariano murder case will be held at the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 54, Manila City. Coverage requested. Case Background Roger Mariano, hard-hitting radio journalist based in Laoag, Ilocos Norte was killed mercilessly on his way home along a...

Police nabs three suspects in Pace slay

In just two days after the incident, police apprehended three suspects in the 18 July killing of broadcaster Armando Pace in Digos, Davao del Sur, around 680 kilometers south of Manila. On 19 July, the police nabbed suspect Juan Jesus Sataum, a money lender, whose motorcycle was allegedly used...