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Another Mindanao broadcaster receives threats

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster in Cagayan de Oro City has been receiving threatening text messages (SMS) and calls since 14 July 2011. Cagayan de Oro City is approximately... Read more

Beyond Violence

CHEERS to MindaNews for a comprehensive and balanced article on the Davao Mayor Sarah Duterte punching incident. While most news reports, especially those from major news organizations such as... Read more

Sidebar | Approved Amendments to Article 6, Crime and Crisis Situations, KBP Broadcast Code

THE KAPISANAN ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (Association of Broadcasters of the Philippines, KBP) approved the following amendments in a general membership meeting on Oct. 20, 2010. The amendments,... Read more

News Agenda Failure?Focus On a Wedding

THE COVERAGE of the British royal wedding showed how the Philippine press evaluates which events are newsworthy. Of the conventional news values, human interest and prominence usually take precedence... Read more

Kidapawan City radio commentator threatened

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Kidapawan City radio commentator received a threat for his commentary on the arrest of a murder suspect last 27 June 2011. Kidapawan City is the capital... Read more

Prosecutor dismisses libel case

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A prosecutor dismissed a libel complaint against a columnist and staff member of a regional newspaper in San Fernando City, Pampanga. San Fernando, Pampanga is approximately 67... Read more

PJR Reports May – June 2011

|| IN THIS ISSUE || Out of the Media Box Covering Oil Price Hikes by Sonny Africa News Agenda Failure? Focus On a Wedding by Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo... Read more

Broadcaster claims governor attacked him (Updated)

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A broadcaster of a government-run radio station plans to file charges against the governor of Kalinga province for allegedly attacking and threatening to kill him. Kalinga is... Read more

Four charged for March 2011 murder of Manila broadcaster

CMFR/PHILIPPINES— The local police of Malabon City filed murder charges against the four alleged killers of radio broadcaster Marlina Flores-Sumera at the city prosecutor’s office last 25 April 2011.... Read more

The Long Road to Justice

By Mark Merueñas AS SOON as you enter the high-walled compound of the Quezon City Jail Annex in Taguig City where the Ampatuan multiple murder case is being heard,... Read more