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An Uneasy Peace: Media and government continue to eye each other with suspicion

Media and government continue to eye each other with suspicion An Uneasy Peace By Nathan J. Lee More than a month after Presidential Proclamation 1017 was lifted, journalists remain restive and worried. “Things have gotten more tense for the media despite the lifting of 1017 because of the series...

Government and the Business of Media

By Jose L. Pavia When government runs media, it is in effect saying that the best way to tell the story of government is for it to do the telling. And, given the reach and power of media, obvious is the choice for it in getting the story told....

CPJ calls for probe of killing of journalist

New York, April 4, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an immediate and full investigation into the shooting death today of part-timenewspaper editor and columnist Orlando Tapios Mendoza. Philippine media reports andthe Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) said Mendoza was shot several times by unidentified men...

Tarlac journalist slain

A community journalist was gunned down by unidentified men on his way home last Sunday (02 April 2006) in Tarlac City, around 110 kilometers north of Manila. Orlando Mendoza, a columnist who wrote for several local newspapers, was ambushed by the armed men while on his way home, and...

The Big Chill at GMA-7

What Proclamation 1017 did The Big Chill at GMA-7 By Booma B. Cruz In less than 24 hours after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo placed the country under a state of national emergency on Feb. 24, news organizations felt the chilling effect of Proclamation 1017. The Daily Tribune was raided at...

‘No’ To The Dark Days

After PP 1017, journalists take battle to court ‘No’ To The Dark Days By Hector Bryant L. Macale and Nathan J. Lee PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 1017 may have already been lifted, but the battle for press freedom continues. Following recent pronouncements by senior government officials seeking to impose restrictions on...

Court dismisses case against Binoya murder suspects

In an unfortunate turn of events, a local court dismissed recently, the murder charge filed against the alleged brain behind the 17 June 2004 killing of journalist Elpidio Binoya in General Santos City, about 700 kilometers south of Manila. In his six-page decision dated 06 March 2006, General Santos...

Bataan columnist shot dead

Graciano Aquino, a columnist for a Central Luzon newspaper, was shot and killed at close range by unidentified suspects last 21 January inside a cockpit arena in Morong town, Bataan. Senior Supt. Hernando Zafra, head of Bataan police, said that the local communist group, Rebolusyonaryong Hukbong Bayan (RHB), could...

Cebu photojourn’s killer gets death

A Cebu judge ordered the death penalty for the convicted killer of Allan Dizon, a photojournalist who worked for The Freeman and Banat News last 19 January. Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 5 Judge Ireneo Lee Gako Jr. handed down the death sentence to Edgar Belandres, who was...

Cebu journalist slay suspect identified

Local police recently claimed they have traced the mastermind behind the killing of journalist George Benaojan in Talisay City, Cebu, 600 kilometers south of Manila. In a statement released to the media last 07 December, provincial director Vicente Loot bared that the local investigators have pinpointed the alleged brain...