A local chapter of a journalist group said it is outraged over the termination of around 200 employees of a television network a little over a week before the commemoration of the International Labor Day.
Filipino lawyers and journalists on Friday expressed condemnation on the attack against satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France but some section also warned against opportunism to foment attacks on Muslim Immigrants across Europe.
Although they welcomed the surrender of a former governor tagged in the killing of a local radio broadcaster, the National Union of Journalist in the Philippines Davao urged the public and the media to be “vigilant and cautious for a possible whitewash.”
At the time of his death, Butalid was the second broadcast journalist to be killed in Tagum City since 1996.
A media watchdog said it is not expecting a mention of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill during President Benigno Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) next week on July 28.