Media

RADIOMAN SHOT DEAD

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Dec 11, 2013

Police probe the crime scene where radio commentator Rogelio ‘Tata’ Butalid was shot outside of Radyo Natin Tagum in Sobrecary Street last Wednesday past 9am. (davaotoday.com photo by Earl O. Condeza)

Court systems failing in Ampatuan trial – HRW researcher

Court systems failing in Ampatuan trial – HRW researcher

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Nov 22, 2013

“Someone said fear and anxiety make impunity thrive. My impression is forgetting is the bigger enemy of accountability, and the biggest ally of impunity. When we forget, we allow criminals or human rights violators to get away with murder,” said Carlos Conde, Philippine researcher for Human Rights Watch.

“It can happen to any of us” says “convicted” editor

“It can happen to any of us” says “convicted” editor

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Sep 05, 2013

“It can happen to any of us. Even because of a mere police story. As long as someone wants to silence you.” So says multi-awarded journalist and editor-in-chief Stella Estremera after a trial court found her and former publisher Antonio Ajero guilty of libel for publishing an alleged one-sided news article 10 years ago.

Media groups hit Davao City Police Chief for assault on colleagues

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Mar 01, 2013

By DAVAO TODAY

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines Davao City Chapter (NUJP-Davao) has issued a statement condemning Dela Rosa’s “arrogance and disrespect” towards members of the media. “Such arrogance and disrespect by Dela Rosa towards members of the press is condemnable,” the NUJP-Davao said. “His attitude is reflective of the whole Davao City police personnel who actually treated people in the same manner as they beat up the barricaders indiscriminately including women and children.”

SC decision barring live media coverage of Ampatuan massacre trial slammed

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Nov 13, 2012

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

Joel Mahinay of the Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao said that “the ruling is anathema to the nature of a public trial and transparency,” adding that the trial “involves public interest which any invocation of the individual right of the accused must be subordinated.” 

NUJP-Davao welcomes absentee voting for media

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Oct 12, 2012

By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today

“Usually, because of the nature of our work, we are assigned outside the place where we were registered. This is the reason why a lot of media workers cannot vote,” Jessie Casalda, the chairperson of NUJP-Davao, noted.