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Image-making or information?

By Luis V. Teodoro AMONG PUBLIC officials as well as those other individuals whose jobs and functions in society put them in the public eye, how they are perceived by... Read more

Seven broadcasters facing libel suit

CMFR/Philippines – Five broadcasters and two radio station owners in Camarines Norte province filed counter-affidavits last 4 June 2013 in response to a libel case filed against them by... Read more

Radio host punched three times, sent three bullets the next day

CMFR/Philippines – The security officer of a governor threatened and physically assaulted a radio broadcaster last 11 July 2013 in Daet town, Camarines Norte province, some 300 kilometers southwest... Read more

Dipolog blocktimer arrested, house and radio station shot at (UPDATED)

UPDATE: On 28 May 2013, Dipolog’s Office of the City Prosecutor wrote to one of the signatories in International Freedom of Expression eXchange’s (IFEX) appeal, the Canadian Journalists for... Read more

Beyond economics

BY LUIS V. TEODORO DRAFTED IN the wake of the bitter struggles of the martial law period, and drawing from the lessons of that experience, the 1987 Constitution... Read more

Daring to look to the future

At my age and that of my other two co-writers on In Medias Res, looking ahead is no longer the act of hope and optimism. It is quite a... Read more

Publisher shot and wounded; 2 men arrested

CMFR/Philippines – Three men on a motorbike shot and wounded a newspaper publisher near a waiting shed last 2 July 2013 in Santa Barbara town, Pangasinan province. Police arrested... Read more

Radio station employee hurt in grenade attack

CMFR/Philippines – A grenade attack on a radio station in Maramag town in Bukidnon province last 26 June 2013 injured at least one individual, but could have been targeting... Read more

Radio anchor accused of libel for interviewing candidate

CMFR/Philippines – The governor of Zamboanga del Sur province implicated a radio commentator in a libel case against a losing candidate for mayor, accusing the commentator of “using his... Read more

Sinning Against the ‘Sin’ Tax Bill

JEERS to Malaya Business Insight for its aggressively biased reporting of the deliberations on the “sin” tax bill spanning a year from March 2012 until 2013, after the passage... Read more