Access to information and free expression: Aquino’s damaged and damaging legacy
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Access to information and free expression: Aquino’s damaged and damaging legacy
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Groups slam solon’s threats vs. journalist
Groups slam solon’s threats vs. journalist
Journalists and press freedom advocates condemned what they call as “bullying” of a journalist.
World Press Freedom Day | ‘Walang tunay na kalayaan kung sikmura’y kumakalam’
World Press Freedom Day | ‘Walang tunay na kalayaan kung sikmura’y kumakalam’
MANILA – Filipino journalists marked the World Press Freedom Day, May 6, with the theme “Walang tunay na kalayaan kung sikmura’y kumakalam” (No real freedom if the stomach is growling). Journalists and media workers gathered for a Press Jam at Ngongis Bar in Quezon...
Pooled editorial | Fight for genuine freedom of information law
Pooled editorial | Fight for genuine freedom of information law
We cannot settle for a law that will make truth telling even more difficult: a bad law is worse than no law at all.
Press freedom?
Press freedom?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Press freedom is said to be a fundamental human right and one of the foundations of democratic societies. In 2006, then UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information Shashi Tharoor lamented, “The number...
Aquino govt’s idle response vs journalist killings hit
Aquino govt’s idle response vs journalist killings hit
“We don’t think the killings will stop unless the Aquino government takes necessary steps to punish the killers and masterminds.” -- Luis Teodoro, CMFR
Above-ground alternative press: Open defiance to the Marcos dictatorship
Above-ground alternative press: Open defiance to the Marcos dictatorship
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – When Ferdinand Marcos stifled press freedom, there were those who stood up for the truth. The alternative press, defined by Luis Teodoro, deputy executive director of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR),...
Anti-Cybercrime law, an attack against freedom of expression, other civil rights
Anti-Cybercrime law, an attack against freedom of expression, other civil rights
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Press freedom advocates said the new law could also be used to justify the shutdown of websites that are critical to the government without the necessity of a court warrant and in keeping with the Marcosian tradition of curtailing the freedoms of expression and opinion.
San Juan Police, Execs Harassed Members of Progressive Media During Demolition
San Juan Police, Execs Harassed Members of Progressive Media During Demolition
Media workers of an independent audio-visual group decried the harassment by the local police during the violent demolition of an urban-poor community in San Juan, Metro Manila.
Journalists, Activists Slam Restrictions on Media in Ampatuan Trial
Journalists, Activists Slam Restrictions on Media in Ampatuan Trial
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“While we respect the view that a trial by publicity can be detrimental to the accused, we fail to see how that can happen in this case. The Ampatuan case is extremely important for the public, the media and the relatives of the victims. The media and the public -- particularly those who live outside Metro Manila and who can only follow the proceedings through the media -- need to know exactly what is going on inside the courtroom."
In Mendiola, Journalists, Activists Demand End to Impunity, Blame Arroyo for Killings
In Mendiola, Journalists, Activists Demand End to Impunity, Blame Arroyo for Killings
By AYI MUALLAM
On Wednesday, hundreds of Filipino journalists and activists, along with several of their colleagues from other countries, marched to Mendiola to mark the "Global Day of Action Against Impunity." The journalists and activists demanded an end to impunity and blamed the Arroyo regime for the rash of killings of activists and journalists nationwide. 
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Ampatuan Massacre a Culmination of Decades-Long ‘Culture of Impunity’ — IFJ
Ampatuan Massacre a Culmination of Decades-Long ‘Culture of Impunity’ — IFJ
Ampatuan Massacre and Culture of Impunity
Bulatlat Live: International Day of Action Vs. Impunity
Bulatlat Live: International Day of Action Vs. Impunity
Today, hundreds of Filipino journalists and activists march to protest the Ampatuan massacre, in which 57 people -- 31 of them journalists -- were slaughtered in the worst election-related violence in the history of the Philippines. Follow today's events through...
Bill to Mark ‘National Campus Press Freedom Day’ Filed
Bill to Mark ‘National Campus Press Freedom Day’ Filed
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Bayan Muna (People First) Rep. Teodoro Casiño filed on July 25 a bill that would recognize the observance of the said date as the National Campus Press Freedom Day. Aside from marking July 25 as a special day for the...
Broadcaster Shot Dead in Agusan
Broadcaster Shot Dead in Agusan
MANILA -- A motorcycle-riding gunman shot and killed a radio blocktimer in Brgy. Poblacion in Bayugan, Agusan del Sur. The victim, 43-year-old Jonathan Petalvero, sustained a lone gunshot wound on the head from a .45 caliber pistol and was brought to the New...
CHR to Military: Explain Continued Use of ‘Orders of Battle’
CHR to Military: Explain Continued Use of ‘Orders of Battle’
In forum, CHR officials and journalists from the NUJP bewail the use by the military of OBs. CHR chairperson Leila de Lima says the AFP claimed to have stopped using OBs but replaced these with “watch lists” – and military officials could not explain to her the difference.
Gunmen Attack Media Offices in Abra
Gunmen Attack Media Offices in Abra
MANILA -- Unidentified gunmen fired several shots at three media offices in Bangued, Abra province, last night, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) reported Thursday. At around 9 p.m. Wednesday night, two men in separate motorcycles fired at...
Impunity ‘Alive and Well’ in Philippines as Another Radioman Is Shot Dead
Impunity ‘Alive and Well’ in Philippines as Another Radioman Is Shot Dead
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat MANILA -- Another Filipino journalist has been killed, the latest in a series of murders that prompted a media group to say that “impunity is alive and well in the Philippines.” Radio commentator Crispin Perez, 66, was shot dead on...
Right of Reply Bill Part of Larger Scheme – Media Groups
Right of Reply Bill Part of Larger Scheme – Media Groups
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat MANILA -- The Right of Reply Bill had been scheduled for deliberation, if not passage, on Wednesday at the House of Representatives, one of the measures that legislators were supposed to be rushing for approval before Congress went on...
Anti-Wiretapping Suit Vs. Cheche Lazaro ‘Absurd and Dangerous’
Anti-Wiretapping Suit Vs. Cheche Lazaro ‘Absurd and Dangerous’
Below is a statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) on the Anti-Wiretapping suit against Cecilia “Cheche” Lazaro. ABSURD AND DANGEROUS THE SUIT against Cecilia “Cheche” Lazaro alleging that she wire-tapped her own phone conversation with...
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