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                    [ArticleID] => 313663
                    [Title] => JDV boosts Press Freedom fund by P1 M
                    [Summary] => Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. turned over two checks worth P1 million each yesterday for the Press Freedom Fund, increasing his donation to P2.2 million.


Jose Pavia of the Philippine Press Institute, which administers the fund, received one check for P1 million, while Philippine National Police chief Director General Arturo Lomibao received the other check.

De Venecia said the P2 million came from his priority development assistance fund (PDAF), otherwise know as the congressmen’s pork barrel.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 280571 [Title] => RP’s killing fields [Summary] => What has become of what was once considered as Asia’s freest press? The statistics is chilling and the place is starting to look like a killing field. The enemies of the press have been gunning down at least one journalist a month since the start of the year. The last one was just a week apart from the other, and it’s sounding like a common occurrence.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279415 [Title] => GMA vows transparency in use of Press Freedom fund [Summary] => President Arroyo ordered officials to exercise strict accountability over the disbursement of the P5-million Press Freedom Fund intended for the families of murdered Filipino journalists.

"The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be accountable for the P3 million while the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) will be accountable for the P2 million," Mrs. Arroyo said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277997 [Title] => P5-M Press Freedom Fund launched [Summary] => President Arroyo set up yesterday a P5-million "Press Freedom Fund" to help solve the murders of journalists in the country.

She described the killings of journalists as "frightening" and vowed that the government would leave no stone unturned in tracking down the "cold-blooded killers" of media personalities.

In her speech during the launching of the fund at Malacañang, the President said while the killings must immediately be stopped, there should also be efforts to arrest the "growing culture of violence" in the country. [DatePublished] => 2005-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 278009 [Title] => On media murders: Who is a journalist? [Summary] => GENERAL TRIAS, Cavite – Malacañang is set to launch today a P5-million "Press Freedom Fund" to help finance operations in catching and prosecuting killers of journalists.

But, then, who is a journalist? That prior question will be a big problem when work begins in earnest on laying the basis for protecting journalists and going after their tormentors.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136322 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 278084 [Title] => Political will giit kay GMA ng mediamen [Summary] => Hindi solusyon ang paglalaan lamang ng pondo para sa Press Freedom Fund para malutas ang pagtaas ng bilang ng mga pinapaslang na mamamahayag sa bansa kundi ang kailangan ay ‘political will’ ni Pangulong Arroyo para malutas ito.

Sinabi ni Inday Varona, pangulo ng National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), ang pagbibigay ng pondo ay isa lamang hakbang upang malutas ang nagaganap na krisis ng press freedom sa bansa.

Inamin din ni Pangulong Arroyo na nakakaalarma na ang pagtaas ng bilang ng mga mediamen na pinapaslang sa bansa.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 276701 [Title] => De Venecia to donate P2 M to ‘Press Freedom Fund’ [Summary] => Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. said yesterday he would donate P2 million to the "Press Freedom Fund" in an effort to help the Philippine National Police (PNP) solve the series of murders of Filipino journalists and bring the perpetrators to justice.

"We are providing reward money, financial assistance for the prosecution of the killers, and a fund for scholarships of children of the victims," De Venecia said in a statement.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264561 [Title] => JDV helps mobilize Press Freedom Fund [Summary] => House Speaker Jose de Vene—cia met last week with leaders of four major media organizations to mobilize the Press Freedom Fund for the protection of Filipino journalists nationwide and set up an industry-wide Quick-Reaction Task Force.

During the meeting held at his Makati City residence, De Venecia, a former Manila correspondent of Pan Asia, the first regional wire service agency, donated P100,000 to the Press Freedom Fund.

He said the amount is the first tranche of the P1-million reward money he earlier had promised to help solve the killings of journalists. [DatePublished] => 2004-09-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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