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 State-owned newspaper in Singapore suspends blogger’s column Alert from the Southeast Asian Press Alliance: State-owned newspaper suspends blogger’s column A state-owned newspaper has suspended the column of blogger Lee Kin Mun, following an information ministry official’s warning that “it is not the role of journalists or newspapers in Singapore to champion issues.” A 30 June 2006... 2006 Freda Utley Prize now open The Atlas Economic Research Foundation has established the Freda Utley Prize for Advancing Liberty to reward the efforts of think tanks in difficult parts of the world that are most effective in disseminating the ideas of freedom (limited government, the rule of law, free enterprise, the dignity of the... Radio station burned down A community radio station was burned down by unidentified men before dawn Sunday (02 July) in Baggao town of Cagayan province, more than 320 kilometers north of Manila. Radyo Cagayano, operated by political group Bayan Muna (Nation First), was razed to the ground Sunday after eight armed men wearing... Inquirer, BusinessMirror, and PCIJ win JVOAEJ top prizes Newspapers BusinessMirror and the Philippine Daily Inquirer and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism won the top awards in the 17th Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ) for works published in 2005 at ceremonies held at the AIM Conference Center Manila on June 29. As administrator... CMFR invites applicants to a Training of Trainors Seminar for Alerts Reporting and Media Safety The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) would like to invite working journalists and mass media educators for a Trainors’ Training Seminar for Alerts Reporting and Media Safety this coming September. Scholarships for the training program are available for applicants from outside Metro Manila. To apply, please e-mail... Marathon hearing on Esperat case set on June 26 to 30 A marathon hearing on the trial of slain journalist Marlene Esperat case is set on June 26-30, 2006, in which the prosecution will present at least six more witnesses to further augment the case and convince Cebu City RTC Branch 21 Judge Eric Menchavez to consider the charges against... JVOAEJ names finalists; will announce winners on June 29 For more information about the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ), please contact the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, the JVOAEJ secretariat, at any of the following numbers: 894-1326 or 894-1314. JVOAEJ Winners to be announced on June 29The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility... A disclaimer from the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), publisher of the Philippine Journalism Review Reports (PJR Reports), has nothing to do with an alleged survey on the Tulfo brothers that was recently sent to media organizations. Official correspondence from CMFR would include, among other things: a cover letter from... Ten international NGOs press Arroyo over Esperat murder case The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders and nine other international media organizations, including CMFR, have expressed their concern about the continuing impunity in the cases of slain journalists. Read the statement here. AFP restricts media access in HQ Barely 24 hours before the yearly World Press Freedom Day celebration took place on May 2, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) released a memorandum imposing restrictions on reporters’ access inside the military’s general headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. In an order announced by AFP-Public Information Office... « Previous1…2930313233…36Next »
