Media Repression

A YEAR AFTER ORTEGA'S KILLING, JUSTICE REMAINS ELUSIVE

Submitted by Kodao on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 23:56.

Statement

January 24, 2012

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ALERT: San Juan Police illegally detains alternative media volunteer

Submitted by Kodao on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 18:57.
NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES 

Alert
Jan. 11, 2012

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CEGP in its 80th year reaffirm commitment for press freedom & people's rights

Submitted by Cris Balleta on Fri, 08/05/2011 - 10:47.
Students, journalists, faculty and other professionals will gather at July 25 for the 80th anniversary of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP), the widest and oldest alliance of college publications in Asia-Pacific.  read more »
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Sali Na, Bayan! : Amplifying the People's Voice

Submitted by Sali Na Bayan on Sat, 09/11/2010 - 16:57.
MANILA — After more than four years of being off the air, a radio program for the marginalized sectors of society is back. Kodao Productions’s Sali Na, Bayan! aired its pilot episode Sept. 6 over DZUP 1602 KhZ from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Read the rest here.
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AMARC Calls Upon the Philippines Government to Stop Killings of Journalists and Broadcasters

Submitted by Raymund Villanueva on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 09:17.

The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters-Asia Pacific (AMARC-AP) condemns the recent killings of three more journalists last week, two of whom were fellow broadcasters, in the Philippines. The deaths of Desiderio Camangyan of Sunrise FM (Davao) last June 14, Joselito Agustin of DzJC Aksyon Radyo (Ilocos Norte) last June 16, and Nestor Bedolido of Kastigado Newspaper (Digos City) last June 20 bring the number of journalists killed under the outgoing Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo regime to 104.
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Journalists protest DOJ order to drop murder charges on Ampatuans

Submitted by Contributor on Mon, 04/19/2010 - 21:55.

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, Negros Press Club and College Editors' Guild of the Philippines held a rally at the Bacolod City public plaza last Sunday to protest Justice Secretary Alberto Agra's order to drop the murder charges against Zaldy and Akmad Ampatuan for the November 23, 2009 Maguindanao massacre.


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Community Radio Broadcasters of Asia Pacific call for placing people’s communications rights at the centre of development

Submitted by Raymund Villanueva on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 16:10.

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Between Hope and Fear: Philippine Community Radio Broadcasting Under a Culture of Impunity

Submitted by Raymund Villanueva on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 16:26.

by Raymund B Villanueva
Director for Radio, Kodao Productions (Philippines)
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In Unity Against Impunity

Submitted by Cris Balleta on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 23:37.
Kodao Productions is in unity with fellow journalists in seeking justice to the victims of the Nov 23 Ampatuan Massacre, and in calling for an end to the culture of impunity in the country. Click here for the photo story
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Journalism between hope and trembling: the example of the Philippines

Submitted by Raymund Villanueva on Sun, 11/08/2009 - 18:14.

by Benjamin Leers

Raymund Villanueva still remembers July 2, 2006 with horror.  In the early morning that Sunday, the little broadcasting center of the community radio station "Radyo Cagayano", which he helped building up, was being burned down completely. At about two in the morning, eight mummed soldiers infiltrated the premises in the small town of Baggao in the Northern Philippines, captivated and gagged the employees and ignited the entire radio station with petrol. Radyo Cagayano had just started broadcasting a few weeks ago and had especially stood up for the interests of local farmers. Until today, Radyo Cagayano has been unable to pick up his work again due to a murder on one of his employees and heavy reprisal. Raymund Villanueva supports the broadcasting station with technical equipment and know-how, after his own radio station has been prohibited by the government on the day of the emergency act of February 24 2006.

The village Batad lies in 3000 years old terraces of rice – without electricityOn the Philippines, it is especially obvious how big of an influence political and economic restrictions and dependencies towards journalists have on independent coverage. Notwithstanding, an independent and versatile media system is a precondition for reaching the UN-millennium-development-goals. A connection between the development of a country and the freedom of press has been proved statistically. Therefore, independent media is an indispensable element of a democracy, since it is capable of creating a national identity and promoting a vivid civil society.  read more »

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