Anthony Chua
It is almost treated as cliché, but the national hero of the Philippines, Dr. Jose Rizal, has said it so eloquently and meaningfully that it is deemed an indispensable fact: Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan (The youth is the hope of the nation).
As Filipinos, it is a saying we always hear at [...]
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Editors of a Davao City-based newspaper received death threats last 20 August 2009 for publishing stories allegedly biased for the city government.
Stella Estremera and Virginia “Gigie” Agtay, editor in chief and news editor, respectively, of Sun.Star Davao, received two threatening messages last 20 [...]
Two Sun.Star Davao editors received death threats through a text message, accusing them of presenting news stories favorable to the city government which the editors denied.
According to reports, editor in chief Stella Estremera said the threats did not refer to specific stories where the paper was allegedly in favor of the City Hall.
The threats, which [...]
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines protests in the strongest terms the manhandling by personnel of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) of photojournalists who covered the protest and violent dispersal of youth activists at Malacañang on August 19 and demands immediate accountability.
While at times covering such protests and their violent aftermath can accidentally [...]
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Three practitioners from government media aboard a helicopter with military personnel survived a shooting attack by still unidentified men in Basilan province last 16 August 2009 at around 10:45 a.m. (local time).
Television reporter George Bandola of the state-owned National Broadcasting Network-Channel 4, cameraman Egay Luciano and Office of the Press Secretary photographer Louie [...]
