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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

By Luis V. Teodoro ONE OF the unique characteristics of the Philippine media situation is the readiness of media organizations and individuals to defend their rights as media practitioners as... 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

Accused seeks hospitalization, another suspect arrested

CMFR/Philippines – One of the accused in the Ampatuan Massacre has asked the Court’s permission to be hospitalized. Meanwhile, another individual suspected of involvement in the massacre was arrested... 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

Journalist or ad solicitor?

NAMED AS one of three media personalities who allegedly accepted bribes from a government corporation involved in the diversion of pork barrel funds to non-existent NGOs, TV5’s Erwin Tulfo... 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