DAVAO CITY–The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) said it will ask Facebook to take down Phil Leaks, a page account that has been posting threats against a Mindanao-based journalist. “We will red flag the account and ask FB to take it down,” PTFoMS Executive Director and Undersecretary Joel Egco said in text message […]
Media and Society
Duterte asks broadcasters to help raise public awareness on significant issues
DAVAO CITY (August 15) — President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday, asked the officials of the country’s broadcast industry to help in raising public awareness on significant issues. Duterte made this appeal when he tendered a dinner for the members and officials of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) held at the Heroes […]
PTFoMS forms task force to investigate broadcaster’s death
BAGUIO CITY — The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) executive director and Communications Undersecretary Joel Egco said a special investigation task group, dubbed “Task Force Llana”, has been formed, less than six hours after the reported killing of Blocktime broadcaster Joey Llana in the morning of Friday, July 20. Egco in an interview […]
Broadcaster shot dead in Albay
DAVAO CITY (July 20) — A radio anchorman was shot dead by still unidentified gunmen at around 4:45 early this morning, at his residence in Barangay Peñafrancia, Daraga town in Albay. Llana was on his way to the radio station DWZR, to anchor his program “MetroBanat” which is aired from 5:30 to 7:00 in the […]
UNESCO Director-General urges investigation into assassination of journalist Dennis Denora
Paris, 03 July—Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, today condemned the killing of journalist Dennis Denora, urging the authorities make sure that this crime does not go unpunished. “I condemn the murder of Dennis Denora,” said the Director-General. “It is essential for freedom of expression and press freedom, for democracy and rule of law, that the […]
Andanar sorry for ‘Winston’ gaffe, vows stricter vetting rules
MANILA — Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Monday apologized to Senator Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian anew for one of his agency’s press releases that got the lawmaker’s name wrong. In the June 13, 2018 press release of the PCOO titled “President Duterte commits to provide quality and affordable education to all,” the […]
Journalist killing caught on video, authorities tracking four persons of interest
DAVAO CITY (June 18) — The killing of veteran journalist and newspaper publisher Dennis Denora was caught and recorded in a dash cam video. The Task Force Denora is now tracking the four persons of interest in the killing. A highly placed Newsline.ph source revealed, a private individual submitted a dashcam video, to police authorities, […]
Go asks PNP and CIDG solve journalist killing
DAVAO CITY (June 17) — Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go is asking the provincial commands of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) to hasten the investigation over the death of veteran journalist Dennis Denora and arrest the perpetrators. “I am asking the PNP director […]
P1.2-M bounty for Davao Journalist killers
PANABO CITY (June 16) — Friends of slain journalist Dennis Salvador Denora set up P1.2-million bounty for the identification and capture of the suspects behind his death. “His friends, former Governor Rodolfo del Rosario, Congressman Antonio Floirendo and well meaning citizens, contributed to set up the bounty for the identification and capture of his killers,” […]
Speaker Alvarez denies hand in journalist killing, authorities create Task Force Denora
DAVAO CITY (June 13) — “I am a lawyer, I file cases, I don’t kill people”, this was the outright denial of House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, as speculations are rife that he had a hand in the killing of newspaper publisher and veteran journalist Dennis Denora. Alvarez, in an interview with Newsline.ph, said “Why […]
World’s Press Calls on Facebook to Immediately Exempt News Content from its Political Ads Policy
PORTUGAL — WAN-IFRA with six media organisations and their affiliates representing over 20,000 media publishers and professionals in over 120 countries around the world have come together to express concern over Facebook’s new advertising policy that labels quality news as political advocacy and includes such content in its political ad archive. Through its attempt to […]
Davao publisher shot dead
DAVAO CITY (UPDATED, June 7) — The publisher of Trends and Times, a weekly newspaper based in Davao de Norte was shot dead by gunmen in Panabo City Thursday afternoon, June 7. Davao del Norte Police Chief Alan Manibog identified the victim as Dennis Denora, publisher of Trends and Times and a resident of Panabo […]
ABS-CBN Davao terminates a dozen employees, talents
DAVAO CITY (May 23) — Tears and uncertainty greeted over a dozen of ABS-CBN Davao regular employees and talents Tuesday, after they were told, their employment is only good until June 30, 2018. The television giant cited redundancy and digitalization, as the reasons. Terminated employees include television and radio reporters, at least two occupy high […]