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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - No letup in impunity
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This week alone, two broadcasters were murdered, further reinforcing the Philippines’ reputation as one of the five most dangerous countries for media workers.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-22 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20150823/startoon.gif ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1335654 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Getting away with murder [Summary] =>

How easy it is to kill in this country.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1330521 [Title] => No let-up on probe into media killings [Summary] =>

Every time a member of the fourth estate is killed, responsible government agencies do the expected: order for an immediate resolution of the case, form a task force, and investigate.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1378444 [AuthorName] => Jennifer P. Rendon [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1317654 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Impunity [Summary] =>

Only a handful of journalists drawn from a lot were allowed to ask questions at the joint press conference of President Aquino and US President Barack Obama.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a497/ph1lstarcom/startoon_zps42c82045.gif ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1313578 [Title] => Unsolved journalists’ murders: Phl ranks 3rd [Summary] =>

For the fourth consecutive year, the Philippines has been ranked as the third worst place for journalists worldwide in the impunity index of the New York based-Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140417/journalist-murders.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1282458 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Third most dangerous [Summary] =>

Twelve journalists were killed in the Philippines last year, bringing to 26 the number of media workers murdered since President Aquino assumed power in 2010.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.com/a/img194/3314/txf3.gif ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1281977 [Title] => International rights group slams Phl HR record [Summary] =>

The government has failed to end impunity in unexplained killings, torture and enforced disappearances, according to an international rights group.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 938579 [Title] => Local media belie reports Phl dangerous for scribes [Summary] =>

Despite the latest report from the Committee to Protect Journalists that the Philippines is the third most dangerous place in the world for journalists to work in, the president of the Cebu Federation of Beat Journalists said that he doesn't believe the report.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 938155 [Title] => Malacañang says fight vs impunity improving [Summary] =>

Malacañang maintained yesterday that the Philippines’ record in protecting journalists and press freedom has significantly improved and the assessment of unexplained killings in the country must be put in the right context.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 938237 [Title] => Gov't promises to erase impunity culture in journalist-murder cases [Summary] =>

The government said today that it will work hard to remove the culture of impunity in journalist-murder cases after it remained as the third worst country in the world in the number of murdered journalists and unpunished killers.

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