COTABATO CITY – The brutal killing of 32 journalists in the bloody Maguindanao Massacre is considered closed before the eyes o the Presidential Task Forces on Media Security (PTFoMS) but not before the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP). Undersecretary Joel Egco, executive secretary of PTFoMS said the case was considered closed last […]
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Veteran journalist Malu Cadeliña-Manar succumbs to cardiac arrest
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Veteran print and broadcast journalist Malu Cadeliña-Manar “writes 30” Sunday night. She succumbed to cardiac arrest Sunday night. She was 52-years-old. She was rushed to Kidapawan Medical Specialist Hospital after complaining of breast pain but breathed her last at about 6:30 late afternoon. Manar was a public affairs anchorperson of Ronda FM […]
Dipolog Court dimisses cyber-libel case filed against Ozamiz Councilor
DIPOLOG CITY — The Office of the City Prosecutor of Dipolog City has junked the Cyber Libel case filed by Atty. Rey Obnimaga, Jr. and Atty. Emerald Pancho of Dipolog City against Ozamiz City Councilor Roland “Dinky” Suizo, Jr. and social media practitioner Wedelino “Weeda” Callora. The complainants, lawyers of some party defendants in an […]
5 GenSan media workers contract coronavirus
DAVAO CITY — A total of five media practitioners working with Brigada News based in General Santos City were tested positive for Covid-19, which prompted the management to immediately implement massive disinfection of their building. In a statement posted on Tuesday, September 22, the management revealed they commissioned a Davao-Based diagnostic firm to conduct Real-Time Reverse […]
Sorsogon journalist gunned down
DAVAO CITY — A riding in tandem gunned down on Monday night, September 14, a journalist in Sorsogon. Hard-hitting Journalist Jobert Bercasio, also known as “Polpog”, was shot dead Monday night by motorbike-riding suspects. Bicol Today in a report stated, Sorsogon City Police Chief Supt. Benito Dipad said, “the victim died on the spot, but […]
UNESCO classifies Ampatuan massacre case as “resolved “
DAVAO CITY —— The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has officially classified the Ampatuan massacre as “resolved” as it said the justice system of the country is working to protect the welfare of the working press. In a letter, Moez Chackchouk, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, announced this in his letter […]
CA rejects Ressa appeal on disallowed US trip pending raps
MANILA – The Court of Appeals (CA) has denied a motion for reconsideration filed by Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa asking to reconsider its order disallowing her to travel abroad pending an appeal of her libel conviction before a Manila court. “In view of the foregoing, Ressa still failed to prove that her intended travel […]
Radyo ni Juan employees dissent sudden closure and dismissal amid COVID-19 crisis
DAVAO CITY—The employees of 94.7 Radyo ni Juan Davao (RNJ) has expressed dissent to the sudden company closure and their dismissal from work by their employer, Infomedia Resources Management (INFORM) Inc., at the height of the COVID19 outbreak. Station’s News Director Efren Armilla said in a statement, the group called the closure as bogus with an […]
CA turns down Ressa’s plea to travel to US
MANILA – The Court of Appeals (CA) has turned down a plea by Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa to travel abroad pending an appeal of her libel conviction before a Manila court. In a seven-page resolution dated August 18, the appellate court’s Special 14th Division through Associate Justice Geraldine C. Fiel-Macaraig said, while the lower […]
No one claims responsibility for funeral wreath delivery at ABS-CBN office
DAVAO CITY — Forty-eight hours after a flower shop personnel delivered three funeral wreaths to ABS-CBN office in Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, no one came out to claim responsibility. The Cagayan de Oro Police Office in a report published by the Philippine News Agency (PNA) urged the management of the television station to report […]
Cyber-libel cases increase during COVID-19 -NBI
DAVAO CITY — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has noticed the significant increase in the number of cyber-libel cases filed before their office during the past months as coronavirus-19 hit the world. In a press statement, The NBI stated that Cyber-libel complaints filed before the Office of the Cyber Crime Division, NBI Cyber Crime […]
Mindanao Journalists statement on non-renewal of ABS-CBN franchise
DAVAO CITY— Members of the Mindanao Independent Press Council (MIPC) Inc. on Monday issued a solidarity statement on the non-renewal of ABS-CBN Franchise. The group in a statement said: “In the interest of the Public, we commonly serve, and, in solidarity with the women and men behind ABS-CBN We, the members of the Mindanao Independent […]
Duterte vows to expose Maria Ressa as ‘fraud’
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday bared that he would soon expose the truth about Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa being a “fraud”. In a taped public address aired on state-run PTV-4 early Wednesday, Duterte said he is now preparing documents that would prove that Ressa is a trickster. “Ressa is a fraud. Maniwala kayo (Believe […]