The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is disturbed by news that attacks on journalists in Nepal continue unabated.
?The nation of Nepal as a whole is working hard to try to ensure basic democratic freedoms and these attacks are slowing that process considerably,? IFJ President Christopher Warren said.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomed news of an agreement between Nepal 1 Television employees and management on May 7, which ended the strike that had been going for…
MANILA, Philippines ? In a remittance slip, there was an additional US$50 that Cesar Dimasupil?s daughter Arlene sent from London. But he remained stoic. ?That [money] would just even things out,? Dimasupil says of the dilemma that most families of overseas Filipino workers are facing under a stronger peso and a record-low inflation rate.
Dimasupil, like most Filipinos brought up in a male-as-strong society, says he doesn?t know if he should celebrate for getting the added money from something he said he shouldn?t have asked from his daughter in the first place. ?But what can I do? They say the strong peso could lead to lower prices. That hasn?t happened in the past months,? Dimasupil said.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has given its full support to an international campaign aimed at ensuring popular broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) remains free from government interference and is transformed into a truly independent public broadcaster.
In this fourth installment of Davao Today’s series of Q&As on the 2007 elections, Julkipli Wadi, political science and Islamic studies professor at the University of the Philippines, argues that both the administration and the opposition have offered nothing new to Filipinos in this election.