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Revilla Plunder Acquittal: Only Some Reports Explained Liability Question

THE PORK barrel scam was arguably the biggest corruption scandal in recent years. The first court decision on one of the high profile cases filed in 2013 was announced... Read more

Journalists, Including Rappler’s Ressa Named Time ‘Person of the Year’

JOURNALISTS FROM four countries including RapplerChief Executive Officer and Executive Editor Maria Ressa are Time Magazine’s 2018 “Person of the Year.” Time honored the Philippines’ Ressa together with Jamal Khashoggi,... Read more

Xi State Visit Aftermath: What Joint Energy Exploration?

AMID TENSION over China’s continuing intrusion in the West Philippine Sea, Chinese President Xi Jinping flew to the Philippines on November 20 for a two-day state visit. It was... Read more

Reporting the Hearing on Foreign Workers: More Information Needed

THE CREATION of enough jobs for Filipinos has challenged every administration. The Philippine Statistics Authority’s October 2018 Labor Force Survey recorded a 5.1 percent unemployment rate. The Social Weather... Read more

Against Despotism

Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on the issuance of a warrant of arrest against Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa THE WARRANT... Read more

Rappler’s Maria Ressa Posts Bail

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Rappler CEO and Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) President Maria Ressa posted bail on December 3, 2018 at Branch 265 of the Pasig City Regional Trial Court... Read more

Imelda’s Graft Conviction: Knowledge of Legal Procedures a Must in Reporting the Case

MEDIA’S EYES may have been on Imelda Marcos, but reports may have missed the legal issues. The Sandiganbayan 5th division found former First Lady and incumbent Ilocos Norte... Read more

Third Telco Race: Not Much Said About the China Connection

Photo from the Department of Information and Communications Technology Facebook page ON NOVEMBER 7, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) declared the Mislatel consortium the provisional new major player... Read more

Filipina journalist wins RSF Press Freedom award

Photo from Inday Espina-Varona’s Facebook profile VETERAN FILIPINA journalist Inday Espina-Varona received the Prize for Independence from the international press freedom watchdog Reporters without Borders (RSF- Reporters Sans Frontieres)... Read more

Rappler CEO receives Knight International Award

Photo from Rappler.com RAPPLER FOUNDER and executive editor Maria Ressa received the International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) 2018 Knight International Journalism Award on November 9 in Washington, DC for Rappler’s “innovation and... Read more