MANILA, Philippines — Forty-one journalists from different news organizations on Tuesday filed a petition for intervention asking the Supreme Court (SC) to lift President Rodrigo Duterte’s coverage ban against online news site Rappler. The petition was lodged…
WASHINGTON – Journalists faced growing dangers of being targeted for killing for their work in 2018 even as the risks from war and conflict declined, a media watchdog said Wednesday. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said…
NEW YORK — Time Magazine named four journalists and a newspaper on Tuesday as its 2018 Person of the Year for standing up for the truth in the face of persecution and violence. The group, which Time…
The president of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP)- Cebu Chapter encourages broadcasters and journalists to gather news in pairs or groups for their safety amid threats against media practitioners. Fr. Roberto Ebisa, KBP-Cebu Chapter…
The Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed the libel complaints filed by singer Eva De Los Santos and husband, Ruben David De Los Santos, against Mabolo Barangay Captain Prisca Niña Mabatid and employees of two newspaper companies…
IN this age of up-to-the-minute news, journalists are more than ever banking on technology to ensure speedy information dissemination. The recent firing up of Smart Communications’ Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced sites in Leyte brought better…
A lawmaker urged on Sunday the House leadership to “seriously reconsider” the new rules imposed to the media as it would hinder press freedom. According to the new ground rules, journalists who “besmirch the reputation of the…
It had been rainy or windy and cold for the tropics all week. But the weather is fair on the cardinal’s burial day. Did you intercede with God for this, your eminence? For us? It is midmorning.…
THE National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) demands the rescission of the order of Police Director General Ronald dela Rosa barring media access to spot reports. “[It is] clearly an illegal order to withhold spot…
“IT’S no longer enough that we meet deadlines.” Journalists should also be equipped to understand the use of technology to be able to compete with those that produce fake news, said Max Limpag, co-founder of InnoPub Media.…
“It’s no longer enough that we meet deadlines.” With the advancement of technology, journalists should also be equipped to understand and know how to use technology to be able to compete with those who produces fake news,…
SAY NO TO ‘KOMEDYA’ During a forum between policemen and journalists, a police station chief raised an issue over one or two “media men” who solicit money from them. He said he was forced to give money,…
