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Davao broadcaster jailed for libel is depressed, thinks of suicide


Silenced and Abandoned. Lex Adonis inside the Ma-a city jail in June. (davaotoday.com photo)

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

Gladys Adonis, the wife of jailed Davao Alexander "Lex" Adonis, said her husband has been admitted to the prison hospital in early October. She said Adonis, an anchorman of Bombo Radio-Davao sentenced to four and a half years in prison early this year, had been feeling utterly "abandoned and depressed," and is thinking of ending his life.

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Journalists hit AFP ban on Zambo reporter

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is alarmed over reports that no less than the chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines has prevented a reporter from covering legitimate news events in Mindanao, particularly in the province of Basilan.

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NUJP to Arroyo: Media’s sole responsibility is to the people

MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday invited executives of several media outfits to Malaca?ang to solicit their help for the last three years of her administration, during which she hopes to build her “legacy.”
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Philippines: NUJP chair elected adviser of world’s largest media group

MANILA — Jose Torres Jr, chairperson of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) was elected as general reserve adviser of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) during its recent World Congress in Moscow. Torres is managing editor of GMA News.tv.
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