We will not surrender our freedomsToday, 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.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic THE AMPATUAN MASSACRE: Mourning, Disappointment and Hope A YEAR has passed since the mass murder of 52 men and women including 32 journalists and media workers, but the trial of those accused of the foul deed has not even begun. Thirty-two journalists and media practitioners were with the wife and relatives of a local politician to... Irrawaddy founder wins 2010 Claus Fund Award Applications for 2011 awards now open A Burmese journalist-in-exile running a Thailand-based newsmagazine won the 2010 Prince Claus Fund award for journalism. Aung Zaw, founder and editor of The Irrawaddy news magazine won under the journalism category with Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei and Yoani Sanchez. Zaw has lived in... Sandra Burton Nieman Fellowship for Filipino Journalists The Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF), sponsors of the Sandra Burton Nieman Fellowship, announces the start of the application process to select the first fellow of the program in 2011. The Nieman Program has agreed that the Manila-based Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) will be in... UN Special Rapporteur special guest at Journalism Asia Forum 2010 For coverage/participation, please call CMFR at the following numbers: (+63 2 894/1326/894-1314/840-0889) Frank La Rue, the UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression, will serve as a special guest speaker at the Journalism Asia Forum 2010 on November 23. The Manila-based Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility... Regional fora, meetings mark CMFR commemoration of Ampatuan Massacre Anniversary The Manila-based Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) is holding “The Journalism Asia Forum 2010 (JAF) – Impunity and Press Freedom” on November 23 to mark the first year anniversary of the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) massacre, in which fifty-eight people including 32 journalists and media workers were murdered in... Reporter fears his being surveilled could be connected to massacre CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A journalist in General Santos City claims that unidentified men have been watching his house. General Santos City is a chartered city in the southernmost Philippine island of Mindanao. It is approximately 1,049 kilometers south of Manila. Aquiles Zonio, a correspondent of the Manila newspaper Philippine Daily... Broadcaster threatened over illegal gambling report CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster received death threats on his mobile phone after reporting on illegal gambling in Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental. Misamis Oriental is a province approximately 789 kilometers south of Manila. Manny Agustero, a broadcaster at dxIF-Bombo Radyo, received in the evening of 20 October... Broadcasters claim local official threatened them CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local official of Porac town, Pampanga allegedly threatened journalists over a story involving his business deals. Porac town is approximately 70.32 kilometers north of Manila. DwGV Radyo Centro broadcasters Arnel Panganiban and Gary Bernardo were attending the opening of a convenience store in Subic, Zambales on... Philippines down 34 places in Press Freedom Index THE AMPATUAN massacre has put the Philippines in 156th place in the 2010 World Press Freedom Index of the Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF, Reporters Without Borders), 34 places down from its 122nd rank in 2009. RSF cited the Philippines as one of the countries whose “rankings dropped due... Alleged gunman in killing of editor-publisher surrenders CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The alleged gunman in the killing of Davao del Sur publisher-editor Nestor Bedolido surrendered last October 2010.  Davao del Sur is a province approximately 995 kilometers south of Manila. Voltaire “Boyet” Mirafuentes came to Manila last Oct. 6 together with his lawyers and surrendered to the Philippine... « Previous1…3233343536…47Next »
