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FFFJ counsel: Clarifications on issues raised by Atty. Harry Roque

Below are clarifications made by Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists legal counsel Prima Jesusa Quinsayas on issues raised by Attorney Harry Roque, her fellow private prosecutor in the Ampatuan... Read more

Reporting Aquino’s fifth SONA

THE PRESIDENT of the Philippines appears before a joint session of Congress and speaks to the public every year to report on the state of the nation. By tradition,... Read more

Obiter Dictum and the Impeachment Motions against President Aquino

By Melinda Quintos de Jesus PRESIDENT AQUINO delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) to members of the three branches of government. He was welcomed to the august... Read more

Constitutional Crisis? Did it not start with the SC Ruling?

By Melinda Quintos de Jesus CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS would be the outcome, some say, of President Aquino’s decision to file a motion for reconsideration of the High Court’s ruling on DAP. Read more

The “Media Circus”

By Melinda Quintos de Jesus IF THE media were truly a mirror of society, then we must be the most irrepressibly frivolous people in the world, hooked on having and... Read more

‘Media and accountability’ is 2014 Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar theme

The Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with the holding of the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar. The program serves as a... Read more

No illusions

By Luis V. Teodoro NO ONE should be under the illusion that every journalist killed for what he or she reported or commented on was fighting for freedom, for principle,... Read more

Ban the ban

By Luis V. Teodoro SUPREME COURT spokesperson and Chief of the Court’s Public Information Office Theodore Te was treading on dangerous ground last week—and for reasons that are still not... Read more

Careless and reckless

JEERS TO several media organizations for their careless and reckless reporting of a crime involving a minor. Read more

FFFJ: The Justice We Seek

Below is a statement from the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) on the manifestation of the state prosecution panel in the Ampatuan Massacre trial to rest in their presentation... Read more