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 Fight internet censorship! — RSF From the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders:Reporters without borders urges internet users to join in 24-hour online demo against internet censorshiphttp://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19459 When: 11 A.M. on 7 November to 11 A.M. on 8 November No one should ever be prevented from posting news online or writing a blog, but they are... Do we also have Hong Kong’s scars of media melees? Does the concerns made by Hong Kong legislator Albert Cheng King-hon in this article sound very much like the problem we have here in the Philippine media? “The media (have) the right to act as a check and balance on the government and society at large,” the legislator wrote... RSF releases global index on press freedom; RP among the bottom 20 The Paris-based press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders recently released its Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006 report. The Philippines, ranked 142nd out of 168 countries surveyed, was three places down with continuing murders of journalists and increased legal harassment, including by President Gloria Arroyo’s husband. The Philippines, including six... Court convicts three men over journalist’s murder It was a welcome victory for Philippine press freedom today (6 October), when a Cebu City court convicted three men for the murder of journalist Marlene Esperat after a ten-month trial period. At the same time, prosecutors filed a motion to reinstate the murder cases against two high-ranking government... Arrest warrant out for journalist’s slay AN ARREST warrant was issued by a local judge last 17 October against three suspects in the 28 February 2005 murder of columnist Arnulfo Villanueva in Cavite, about 30 kilometers south of Manila. Judge Nerio Castigador of Naic Regional Trial Court Branch 15, ordered the arrest warrants against suspects... Arrest warrant out for newspaper publisher, staff Acting on libel suits filed by Jose Miguel Arroyo, husband of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, a local court issued warrants of arrest against a publisher and several of the newspaper’s staff members, as well as a former senator on 16 October in Manila. In a resolution released early Monday (16... A chilling sensation across the profession The petition signing calling for the decriminalization of libel and lambasting presidential spouse Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo’s libel spree against journalists continues, according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines. The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) is a signatory to the statement. With the outrageous... The government behind the information barriers The main story in the September 2006 issue of the PJR Reports focuses on a very timely issue: How the government itself has continued in violating the people’s right to information. “At the start of the Arroyo presidency, the Philippines was being held up as among the most open... FFFJ: Marlene Esperat case an incomplete victory The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists, Inc. (FFFJ) today came out with a statement on the conviction of Marlene Esperat’s killers today. FFFJ lauds the decision, but thinks it is still an incomplete victory for press freedom. The victory is not complete, FFFJ says, because it is only “the... Press freedom in Thailand erodes — SEAPA In a statement posted in its blog yesterday, the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) said that press freedom in Thailand begins to deteriorate. “The overall environment for the press is unstable, and is being undermined by the day,” SEAPA said. Thai media situation deteriorating: Broadcasting regulated, Internet webmasters warned.... « Previous1…2627282930…36Next »
