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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 »

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 »

Obligation is to the people alone, Chief Justice Bersamin reminds journalists

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 04:34 AM

MANILA - Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin reminded reporters covering the Philippine justice beat that their duty is to the public, amid challenges facing journalists everyday. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Amal Clooney appeals to Suu Kyi for reporters' release

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 29 05:46 AM

UNITED NATIONS, United States - Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney appealed to Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday over a pardon for two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar, saying the Nobel laureate held the key to their release. Read more »

LOOK: Introducing the new faces reporting from courtside for UAAP Season 81

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 08:35 PM

Reporting from courtside are 5 new faces representing 5 universities, while 3 others are returnees. The UAAP men's basketball tournament opens September 8. Read more »

SLIDESHOW: Meet the courtside reporters for NCAA Season 94 basketball

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 04:12 AM

Helping to deliver the news straight off the team huddles are this year's batch of courtside reporters. Read more »

Ranking ng Pilipinas sa press freedom, bumaba

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 02:14 AM

Bumaba ang ranking ng Pilipinas pagdating sa kalayaan sa pamamahayag, ayon sa Reporters Without Borders. Read more »

Palace: Duterte tirades not harmful to press freedom

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 07:35 PM

Malacañang on Thursday rejected the view that President Rodrigo Duterte’s tirades against the media have caused the Philippines’ slip in the global press freedom index. Read more »

'Growing animosity' vs journos: PH slips in 2018 world press freedom index

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 01:25 PM

The Philippines slipped 6 places in a global press freedom index this year, with a media watchdog citing a "growing animosity" towards journalists in the country. Read more »

Uzbekistan journalist freed after 19 years in jail

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 07:40 AM

TASHKENT - Uzbekistan has freed a journalist after nearly two decades behind bars, a local rights group said Friday, after what a watchdog believes to have been the longest prison stretch served by a reporter worldwide.   Read more »

PH among top 5 most dangerous for journalists in 2017

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 20 12:35 AM

BERLIN - At least 65 media workers around the world have been killed doing their jobs this year, media freedom organization Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday. Read more »

Myanmar faces mounting calls for release of Reuters journalists

Reuters
Posted at Dec 16 06:24 AM

UNITED NATIONS/YANGON - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday that the United States was demanding "the immediate release" of two Reuters reporters arrested in Myanmar "or information as to the circumstances around their disappearance." Read more »

Press freedom advocates urge asylum for Mexican journalist held in US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 07:50 AM

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES - Press freedom advocates called Monday for US authorities to release from custody a Mexican journalist facing deportation to his home country where he says his life is endangered. Read more »