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Veteran journalist Luis Teodoro writes 30

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 14 01:10 PM

Veteran journalist and retired journalism professor Luis Teodoro has passed away, the UP College of Mass Communication said Tuesday. Read more »

Karmina Constantino is 2022 Marshall McLuhan fellow

Jeff Canoy, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 27 02:18 PM

ANC anchor Karmina Constantino has been named this year's Marshall McLuhan fellow. Read more »

Ilang senador nanawagang bilisan ang imbestigasyon sa kaso ni Percy Lapid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 07:35 PM

Nanawagan ang ilang mambabatas para sa mabilis na imbestigasyon sa kaso ng pagpatay sa brodkaster na si Percy Lapid o Percival Mabasa. Read more »

Pagkamatay ng middleman sa Percy Lapid shooting, ikinabahala ng media

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 05:05 PM

Ikinabahala ng isang grupo ng mga mamamahayag ang pagkamatay sa Bilibid ng itinuturong middleman sa pagpaslang sa broadcaster na si Percy Lapid. Read more »

DOJ Sec. Remulla has lost all credibility, must resign - watchdog

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 02:57 PM

Remulla has lost all credibility to keep his DOJ post following his son's arrest in an anti-drug operation, a media watchdog said Tuesday. Read more »

'Chaotic:' Media experts wary of Marcos Jr.'s media treatment

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 04:23 PM

Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility trustee Vergel Santos said Marcos' relationship to the press will only worsen during his presidency. Read more »

Watchdog raises alarm on poll-related violence vs media

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 18 12:21 PM

A media watchdog on Friday raised concern about attacks and hostilities against the media in the run-up to the May 9 elections. Read more »

'Chilling effect' hit Philippine newsrooms in wake of ABS-CBN shutdown— veteran journalist

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 02:46 PM

"Media operates not for its own good but for the good of the people. You get more news out there if media is courageous and unafraid, then you also have a people sovereign enough, confident enough that they are the power and that government must be afraid of how they would make these decisions when they can express these decisions."   Read more »

World Press Freedom Day ginunita; mga pag-atake sa media kinondena

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 10:36 PM

Naging madugo ang mga nakalipas na taon para sa mga mamamahayag, ayon sa journalist groups.  Read more »

19 journos killed in 4 years of Duterte admin - watchdog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 07:20 PM

Nineteen journalists have been killed in the 4 years of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, a watchdog said Monday, as attacks on the media continue due to what it alleges as a culture of impunity that prevails in the country. Read more »

PH media urged to call out sources propagating falsehoods

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 03:50 PM

A board member of the CMFR on Friday urged the Philippine media to call out news sources propagating falsehoods and religiously fact-check claims as part of its duty in informing the public. Read more »

Interrupting broadcast, fact-checking Trump: Can local networks do it, too?

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 03:09 AM

US networks could have carried the entire Trump news conference, but instead interrupted the live broadcast to call out Trump making baseless allegations.   Read more »

PH press can learn from US media cutting away Trump's claims of election fraud, says expert

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 11:49 PM

Major US television networks felt the need to cut away from President Donald Trump's briefing to call him out over his unsubstantiated claims. Read more »

Duterte health a matter of public concern: watchdog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 08:51 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's health is a matter of public concern and a medical professional speaking publicly on the matter will allay speculations, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility said Thursday.  Read more »

ABS-CBN urged: Resist government use of network facilities

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 02:01 PM

A veteran journalist and press advocate voiced disappointment Wednesday with ABS-CBN Corp’s offer for government to use its transmission facilities even after being denied a franchise by Congress and attacked again by President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

PH media urged to cover Duterte SONA post-facto: watchdog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 04:11 PM

The accountability of government has been "razed to a level at which most Filipinos should be deeply concerned about," a watchdog said Thursday as it urged Philippine media not to cover live President Rodrigo Duterte's penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA). Read more »

Responsibility of journalists is to the people: CMFR

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 08 09:57 AM

The responsibility of journalists is to the people and not to those who hold power, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility said Wednesday as lawmakers decide on the fate of the country's largest broadcasting firm ABS-CBN Corp. Read more »

State of Media Freedom in PH -- World Press Freedom Day Report

Joint report by FMFA, CMFR, NUJP, MindaNews, PPI, PCIJ
Posted at May 04 02:13 PM

Freedom for Media, Freedom for All (FMFA) Network's report on the state of press freedom in the Philippines. The FMFA Network is a national coalition composed of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, MindaNews, Philippine Press Institute, and PCIJ. Read more »