Archive for November, 2009

Our latest is an article by peace advocate and human rights lawyer Soliman M. Santos Jr. that discusses the Maguindanao massacre in the context of the Peace Process between the government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Bangsamoro. Santos...

November 29, 2009 · Posted in: General

The Martyrs of Maguindanao

Our latest report, "The 30 Media Martyrs of Maguindanao," comes from the Fact-Finding Mission of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ), a coalition of six media organizations that is leading the effort to campaign against media killings, and to...

by Tita C. Valderama TWO of the country’s most prominent nongovernmental organizations have issued separate calls for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to bring to justice the perpetrators in Monday’s carnage in Maguindanao. The National...

Our latest offering is a report by multimedia journalist JJ Jimeno on the perils of covering Maguindanao - the Philippines’ second poorest province - where clans and warlords rule, and the site of Monday’s gruesome mass massacre of journalists,...

Some of the country’s most prominent bloggers have joined forces to cover the 2010 elections and help raise public awareness through a news website called Blogwatch.ph. The group aims to tap the burgeoning blogosphere in the Philippines to provide...

The Southeast Asian Press Alliance, a coalition of journalist and press freedom advocacy groups from around Southeast Asia, released a statement condemning Monday's killings in Maguindanao. The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism is a founding...

by Ed Lingao It is the seat of Bangsamoro pride and the heartland of the Moro Sultanate. But as authorities slowly unearth the events that unfolded along a remote stretch of highway Monday morning, November 23, Maguindanao province now holds the...