Archive for the ‘Media’ Category

Journalists score on libel raps filed by Mike Arroyo

by Evangeline de Vera
Malaya
ournalists who are suing First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo for damages for his propensity to file libel charges yesterday scored a victory after the Court of Appeals turned down anew Arroyo’s bid to dismiss the same damage suit.
The newsmen are seeking P12.5 million in damages before the Makati regional trial court in [...]

February 8, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Media  14 Comments

Media covenant for elections

Media remains the main battleground for the hearts and minds of voters.
As we approach the start of the official campaign period (Feb.9), members the Philippine Press Institute came up with a media covenant for elections.
The covenant was drafted when PPI, with the support of The Coca Cola Export Corporation, conducted a seminar-workshop [...]

February 5, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: 2010 elections, Malaya, Media  23 Comments

Paalam, Cerge

Mrs. Remonde:Cerge going through crisis in credibility
Nasa taxi ako kahapon ilang minuto pasado ng 12 ng hapon nang lumabas ang balita na lumisan na si Press Secretary Cerge Remonde ng 11:51 ng umaga sa Makati Medical Center.
Sabi ng taxidriver, “Kung sino-sino ang kinukuha, bakit hindi pa tumbukin ang talagang yun [...]

January 20, 2010   Posted in: Governance, Media  30 Comments

Ampatuan Jr. harrassed at DOJ preliminary hearing

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Ampatuan Jr waves right to answer murder charges
a href=”http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/12/18/09/ampatuan-jr-harassed-justice-dept”>From ABS-CBN:
Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. was harassed by a handful of Filipino journalists when he arrived Friday afternoon at the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the preliminary investigation into the mass murder of [...]

December 18, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Human Rights, Maguindanao massacre, Media  35 Comments

RP fuels record death toll of journalists worldwide

2009 is the deadliest year for journalists worldwide, with the election-related massacre of 31 journalists and media workers in the Nov. 23 Maguindanao massacre fuelling the record toll of 68, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday.
In its yearend analysis, the CPJ said the killings in Maguindanao make up the “deadliest event for [...]

December 17, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Human Rights, Media, Vera Files  15 Comments

Day of mourning, indignation

by VERA Files
ever again to martial law. Justice for the victims of Maguindanao massacre. Stop killing journalists.
These were the resounding messages in Wednesday’s media-led indignation rally at the Chino Roces (formerly Mendiola) Bridge held to demand justice for victims of the Nov. 23 massacre in Maguindanao and protest the imposition of martial rule [...]

December 10, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Maguindanao massacre, Media  12 Comments

‘It’s like Rwanda’: UN expert on Maguindanao massacre

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Trillanes blames Arroyo for massacre
by Romel Regalado Bagares
COTABATO CITY.–Peruvian forensic anthropologist Dr. Jose Pablo Baraybar didn’t like what he saw when he visited for the first time Sunday the massacre site in Barangay Salman, Ampatuan town.
“It reminded me of something—it’s just like Rwanda,” said [...]

December 1, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: 2010 elections, Human Rights, Media  43 Comments

Media groups to GMA: swift justice or resign

Media groups and journalists call for the resignation of Gloria Arroyo if her government fails to the catch the perpetrators of the Maguindanao massacre and make them accountable for the crime.
Statement of the Nov. 23 Movement

A Challenge of Conscience
The brutal, indiscriminate mass murder on Monday in Ampatuan town, in Maguindanao province, raises the ultimate challenge [...]

November 30, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: 2010 elections, Media  11 Comments

Families of massacre victims seek justice but fear for own safety

By ROMEL REGALADO BAGARES

GENERAL SANTOS CITY.—Sixty-nine-year-old Maura Montaño seethed with anger when she was asked what she thought of the men—no, the monsters—who did terrible things last Monday in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao to her eldest child, Marife “Neneng” Montaño, the 44-year-old editor of the bilingual newsweekly Saksi Mindanaoan, a fledgling four-page publication that, all told, [...]

November 28, 2009   Posted in: Media, Mindanao, Vera Files  4 Comments

World deplores Maguindanao violence

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and members of the international community have condemned Monday’s massacre in Maguindanao, which left at least 46 civilians, including a dozen journalists, dead in the worst pre-election violence case recorded in the Philippines. They also called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
Ban’s spokesperson said in a statement: [...]

November 25, 2009   Posted in: 2010 elections, Media, Mindanao  14 Comments