�We plan to take our case to the United Nations Human Rights Committee and eventually have the libel laws of the country declared a violation of the International Covenant on Civil-Political Rights (ICCPR),� said Lex Adonis’s lawyer Harry Roque. �Once the UN body makes such declaration, lawyers could ask the Philippine Supreme Court to rule outright that jail terms for libel violates the country’s treaty obligations.�
By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today
NUJP-Davao chair Carmelito Francisco said provincial journalists are isolated and more prone to threats and harassments, compared to their national counterparts. He said local journalists expect the same show of unity and support from colleagues in other parts of the country when they’re in the same situation.
Salupongan believed that their opposition to the Integrated Forestry Management Agreement logging project must have prompted the military to intensify their operation in the area. The lumads have been fighting against the government-backed IFMA for a long time now because it threatens to intrude into their ancestral domain. Your browser may not support display of this image.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is alarmed over statements made by authorities that a journalist supposedly aided…
Members of the Philippine press are gearing up to fight back against unrelenting harassments being conducted by the Philippine National…
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte thumbs down initial moves to entice him to run for the Senate under the slate of Lakas-NUCD when his third term as mayor finally ends in 2010.
By Marilou M. Aguirre | Davao Today
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte hinted that a Davao Congressman, who hired retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan as a consultant, must have known something about the killing of Davao broadcaster Ferdinand “Batman” Lintuan.
Known to Davao media as “Batman,” short for “Batang Mandaya,” (Mandaya child) Fernando Lintuan was laid to his grave on Sunday. Lintuan is the 5th journalist murdered in the country this year. He was shot dead on Christmas eve as he was leaving his radio station, DXGO, right after his radio program, “Ligas Paka” (one slip and you are dead). He left behind four children, aged 21, 18, 14 and 10. (davaotoday.com photos by Cheryll D. Fiel)
National Union of Journalists Davao City Chapter prepare armbands for broadcaster Ferdie Lintuan’s burial tomorrow. Lintuan was murdered on the eve of Christmas Day near his radio station dxGO. He is the 5th journalist killed in the Philippines in 2007. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)
