Yearly Archives: 2006

?Alvin Luque Target in Cagayan de Oro Raid?

Karapatan Lawyer in Surigao Cries Harassment

By Daisy C. Gonzales
davaotoday.com

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (March 7, 2006) ? Alvin Luque, one of Davao City?s more prominent personalities from the Left and who has been at odds with the military for years, was apparently the target in the ransacking of the office in this city of the human-rights group Karapatan.

Unidentified people ransacked Karapatan?s office here Sunday night. Although no important documents or equipment were stolen, the suspects defaced the white board in the office, drawing a caricature of the devil.

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NTC Circular Vs Broadcasters Denounced; Duterte Calls It ?Wrong, Very Stupid?

By Cheryll D. Fiel and Germelina A. Lacorte
davaotoday.com

DAVAO CITY ? ?Wrong.? ?Very stupid.? ?Very gray.?

These were the reactions by Davao officials to the reported National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) circular banning broadcasters from using anonymous sources in their newscasts and reports.

The circular, which the NTC disclosed on Saturday, was just the latest in the government?s alleged efforts to control the Philippine press, despite the lifting of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo?s Proclamation 1017 that many critics said specifically targeted the media.

The NTC reportedly issued a circular officially adopting the guidelines, supposedly drawn up by the industry group Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas (KBP), among them that a station ?may not broadcast news to which it cannot attribute a source.?

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