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More than a labor issue

THE PRACTICE of not paying reporters or broadcasters salaries, although already a creeping reality in the decades that followed the dismantling of the Marcos dictatorship, is spreading not only... Read more

Court accepts evidence against accused petitioners in Ampatuan Massacre

CMFR/Philippines – The court hearing the Ampatuan Massacre trial admitted last 8 May 2014 most of the prosecution’s evidence against the bail petitions of a dozen accused persons including... Read more

Accused fails to show up for arraignment, cites “short notice”

CMFR/Philippines – One of three individuals accused of involvement in the Ampatuan Massacre scheduled for arraignment on 7 and 8 May failed to appear in court. Mohamad Sangki, who is... Read more

The press in Philippine society

The protection the Constitution extends to press freedom is premised on the assumption that the press has a social duty to discharge to merit that protection. Indeed the Constitution... Read more

Small comforts from the superpower visit

IT TAKES a visiting US President to get everyone’s attention, including those of jaded journalists. Described by Foreign Affairs Secretary as "our deepest bilateral engagement", US-PH relations are entwined with... Read more

Truth in fiction

THE COLOMBIAN Nobel laureate for literature Gabriel García Márquez died April 17, 2014 at the age of 87. Celebrated universally for the "magic realism" of his fiction, Marquez’s political... Read more

The public and foreign policy

FOREIGN POLICY news do not carry a lot of weight in the news agenda. People generally think that the issues usually couched in diplomatic jargon as too nuanced for... Read more

Suspect turned state witness testifies; another arraigned

CMFR/Philippines – One of the 196 accused in the Ampatuan Massacre was arraigned on 27 March 2014, more than four years after the trial of the other accused perpetrators... Read more

Suspect’s bid for exclusion from trial denied; another suspect arrested

CMFR/Philippines – The Court of Appeals denied on 14 March 2013 the motion for reconsideration of Sajid Islam U. Ampatuan, primary suspect in the 2009 Ampatuan Massacre and son... Read more

Out of context

By Luis V. Teodoro PROVIDING CONTEXT is not a strong suit of the dominant media,* whether in the form of a few paragraphs recalling the background of events, ... Read more