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Press corps stand for press freedom as ABS-CBN faces franchise woes

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 05:27 PM

Reporters covering Malacañang, the defense, police, and business beats, have stood for press freedom on Wednesday in light of the government’s move to shut down ABS-CBN Corp by invalidating its franchise. Read more »

Daily Tribune founder Ninez Cacho-Olivares pens 30

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 04 11:20 AM

Ninez Cacho Olivares died of a "lingering illness." She was 78.   Read more »

PH still a dangerous place for journalists despite verdict on Ampatuan clan: experts

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 08:29 PM

Many believe the Philippines is still a dangerous and deadly place for journalists despite the conviction of the masterminds in the infamous Maguindanao massacre, in which 58 were killed, 32 of whom were media personnel. Read more »

Kin of slain journalists fear return of acquitted, at large Maguindanao massacre suspects

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 19 08:43 PM

Fear remained after some of the Ampatuan clan had been acquitted, and with 80 more of the accused still at large.   Read more »

Conviction of all accused in Maguindanao massacre remote, says ex-SC spokesman

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 19 12:00 PM

"Realistically, the judge may not be able to find proof beyond reasonable doubt of the guilt of everyone," says former SC spokesman Ted Te.  Read more »

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 »

China biggest jailer of journalists, as press dangers persist: watchdog

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 02:22 PM

The press freedom watchdog said it counted at least 48 journalists jailed in China, one more than in 2018, as President Xi Jinping ramps up efforts to control the media.   Read more »

Journalists: Media should not be blamed for reports on SEA Games mess

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 12:15 AM

Journalist groups insist media should not be criticized for reporting on the failures in the country's hosting of this year's SEA Games. Organizing committee chairman Alan Peter Cayetano meanwhile has a new allegation of money being passed around. Read more »

'Ridiculously unacceptable' to blame media for SEA Games woes - NUJP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 08:42 AM

The press' duty "has always been to report things as they are, based on verifiable facts, and not to pander to anyone's perception of what is, or should be," said the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.    Read more »

Remembering the Ampatuan Massacre

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 06:15 PM

The massacre during the election period in 2009 claimed the lives of 58 people, shown in the photographs in the background, 32 of whom were journalists. Read more »

Journalists' group decries delayed justice in 2009 Maguindanao massacre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 06:04 PM

Journalists on Saturday trooped to Mendiola to denounce the delayed resolution of the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre - the Philippines' deadliest election-related killing - that left 58 people dead, including 32 mediamen and women killed. Read more »

A closer look at the 2009 Maguindanao massacre case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 12:11 AM

Saturday, November 23, marks a decade since the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre in the southern Philippines. Read more »

A decade of wait: Where are key personalities in the Maguindanao massacre now?

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 07:56 PM

Here are some key personalities who figured in the Ampatuan massacre and its backdrop 10 years ago, and where they are now. Read more »

NUJP expecting guilty verdict in Maguindanao massacre case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 06:31 PM

As the 10th anniversary of the Maguindanao massacre draws near, Nonoy Espina of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines looks back at the single deadliest election-related violence in the country. Espina says he expects suspects to be convicted soon.   Read more »

Justice remains elusive for families of Maguindanao massacre victims

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 11:50 PM

Justice remains elusive for the families of the 58 people killed in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre. Read more »

Top PH envoy draws flak for cussing reporters

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 12:58 AM

This has prompted the Philippine Civil Service Commission to remind all public servants to act with professionalism and civility when dealing with the public. Read more »

Victims’ lawyer: Press freedom dead if no conviction in Maguindanao massacre

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 08:07 PM

The lawyer representing the families of 38 victims in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009 is expecting no less than a guilty verdict for the principal accused in the deadly killings which left 58 people, including 32 journalists, dead. Read more »

PH 5th worst country on justice for slain journalists in 2019: US-based media watchdog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 05:38 PM

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday said "the Philippines has been among the worst five countries nearly every year" since their study, the Global Impunity Index, was first published in 2008. Read more »

NUJP starts month-long commemoration of ‘Maguindanao massacre’ 10 years on

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 12:57 AM

Members of the NUJP were at the UP College of Mass Communications building in Diliman, where they lit 58 candles representing the same number of victims who died in the mass murder. Read more »

ABS-CBN shows, personalities dominate 5th Alta Media Icon Awards

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 11:42 PM

ABS-CBN on Sunday emerged again as the most awarded broadcasting network at the Alta Media Icon Awards, hauling a total of 37 awards. Read more »