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49 journalists murdered in 2019: media watchdog

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 02:56 PM

Forty-nine journalists were killed across the world in 2019, Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday, the lowest death toll in 16 years. Read more »

NBA to stage basketball camp in Senegal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 10 10:03 AM

The NBA will stage its latest Basketball Without Borders Africa camp in Senegal later this month, the organization revealed on Tuesday.   Read more »

What is methanol poisoning?

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 08 11:32 PM

What is methanol poisoning, and how can people who drink alcoholic beverages save themselves from it? Read more »

'Medicines should not be a luxury'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 10:51 PM

Two Filipino workers at a renowned independent medical organization underscored the importance of making healthcare accessible to everyone. Read more »

Only 43 countries enjoy press freedom: media watchdog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 09:22 PM

Only 9 percent of the world — or 43 countries — have press freedom, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Thursday, World Press Freedom Day. Read more »

British envoy to PH calls for global support for media freedom

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 30 08:18 PM

MANILA - The British government, in partnership with the Canadian embassy, see the need to raise the effort for press freedom, noting the increase in cases of harassment against journalists around the world. Read more »

PH slips one rank in world press-freedom index

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 12:33 AM

The Philippines dropped by one spot in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index, ranking 134th out of 180 countries. Read more »

Hatred of journalists turning to violence, watchdog warns

Fiachra Gibbons, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 18 07:59 PM

The number of countries where journalists can work safely is plummeting, the annual World Press Freedom Index revealed. Read more »

China pursuing 'new world media order' to suppress criticism: watchdog

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 05:04 AM

TAIPEI, Taiwan - China is trying to establish a "new world media order" to prevent and counter criticism, a project that threatens press freedom globally, watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned in a report released Monday. Read more »

Better or worse? The state of Philippine media according to watchdogs

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 04:10 PM

MANILA - In 2018, Filipino journalists continued to face online harassment, violence and various threats, according to local media monitoring groups. Read more »

Journalists become increasing 'targets' for killings: watchdog

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 19 05:37 PM

WASHINGTON - Journalists faced growing dangers of being targets for killing for their work in 2018 even as the risks from war and conflict declined, a media watchdog said Wednesday. Read more »

Migrant rescue ship Aquarius to end operations

Lin Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 07 06:57 AM

LONDON - Search and rescue ship Aquarius, which has saved tens of thousands of migrants from drowning in the Mediterranean, has ended its operations, the charity that runs the ship, Doctors without Borders (MSF), said on Thursday. Read more »

More than 150 women, girls raped in South Sudan: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 08:10 AM

UNITED NATIONS - More than 150 women and girls have come forward in the past 12 days to seek help in South Sudan after they were raped or suffered other forms of sexual violence, the heads of three UN agencies said Monday. Read more »

Mexico new president vows to end 'rapacious' elite in first speech

Lizbeth Diaz and Anthony Esposito, Reuters
Posted at Dec 02 08:17 AM

Veteran leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was sworn in as Mexican president on Saturday, vowing to see off a "rapacious" elite in a country struggling with corruption, chronic poverty and gang violence on the doorstep of the United States. Read more »

Filipina journalist dedicates Reporters Without Borders award to colleagues

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 05:42 AM

Filipina journalist Inday Espina-Varona who was honored in London by international media watchdog Reporters Without Borders dedicated her prize to colleagues facing threats, censorship, and violence.   Read more »

Trump hits election trail with threat of troop surge on Mexico border

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 06:05 AM

President Donald Trump took his pre-election anti-immigration rhetoric to new heights Wednesday with a stunning threat to deploy as many as 15,000 soldiers on the Mexican border -- equal to the size of the US contingent in Afghanistan.   Read more »

Filipino journalist in shortlist for Reporters Without Borders Independence Prize

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 24 05:39 PM

Filipino journalist Inday Espina-Varona is included in the shortlist for international organization Reporters Without Borders' (RSF) Press Freedom Awards. Read more »

‘Beyond Borders’

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 04:40 PM

People of different faiths talk under a lighted exposition at the GENFEST 2018, a youth conference by the Focolare Movement dubbed ‘Beyond Borders’ at the World Trade Center in Manila, Friday. Read more »

14 Pinoy students bag medals in math tournament in Bulgaria

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 03:42 PM

Fourteen Filipino students bagged five gold, two silver and seven bronze medals in the 5th International Tournament Mathematics Without Borders held from June 30 to July 2 in Nessebar, Bulgaria.   Read more »

Batang Gilas' Padrigao earns MVP honors in Basketball Without Borders

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 11:37 AM

Underscoring his status as one of the top up-and-coming talents in Philippine basketball, Rence "Forthsky" Padrigao was named the MVP of the Basketball Without Borders Asia Camp in India over the weekend.  Read more »