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                    [Title] => Pinay journalist shortlisted for Reporters Sans Frontieres awards
                    [Summary] => Filipina journalist Inday Espina-Varona was shortlisted by the Belgium-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders) for its Press Freedom Awards for 2018. 
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                    [Title] => Watchdog: High impunity, lack of FOI hound Philippine press freedom
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The low prosecution rate of suspects in the killing of journalists and the failure of the government to pass a freedom of information (FOI) law are among the major issues hounding press freedom in the Philippines, according to an international press freedom watchdog.

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The Philippines ranked 141st among 180 countries indexed by the Paris-based press freedom watchdog Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders) for this year.

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And now for some good news… the Philippines is no longer the world’s deadliest place for journalists, according to several media watchdogs. The improvement, however, owes less to a drop in the killing of journalists than to a spike in cases in the world’s conflict zones.

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Year 2012 was considered the deadliest year for journalists worldwide by the press freedom watchdog Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) or Reporters Without Borders, which also tagged Syria as the deadliest country for newsmen.

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The ranking of the Philippines in the World Press Freedom Index has dropped to 156 this year from 122 in 2009 mainly because of the massacre of 32 journalists in Maguindanao in November last year.

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"We do not condone a culture of violence. We have resolved some cases involving journalist killings at the investigation level and prosecutions are underway," Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said in a statement yesterday.
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"I am surprised to see that in the Philippines there is still an activity of high incidence of a moral and political violence against those who profess different political ideologies," said Papal Nuncio Archbishop Fernando Filoni.
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                    [Title] => Nearly 1,700 journalists killed over past 20 years — RSF
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                    [Title] => Pinay journalist shortlisted for Reporters Sans Frontieres awards
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                    [Title] => Watchdog: High impunity, lack of FOI hound Philippine press freedom
                    [Summary] => 

The low prosecution rate of suspects in the killing of journalists and the failure of the government to pass a freedom of information (FOI) law are among the major issues hounding press freedom in the Philippines, according to an international press freedom watchdog.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-09 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804764 [AuthorName] => Janvic Mateo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1423162 [Title] => Press freedom: Phl moves up to 141st [Summary] =>

The Philippines ranked 141st among 180 countries indexed by the Paris-based press freedom watchdog Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders) for this year.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-13 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/20150213/Press-Freedom-6.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1274931 [Title] => EDITORIAL - No longer the worst, but…. [Summary] =>

And now for some good news… the Philippines is no longer the world’s deadliest place for journalists, according to several media watchdogs. The improvement, however, owes less to a drop in the killing of journalists than to a spike in cases in the world’s conflict zones.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img194/945/0l9g.gif ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 888430 [Title] => Syria is deadliest country for journalists in 2012 [Summary] =>

Year 2012 was considered the deadliest year for journalists worldwide by the press freedom watchdog Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) or Reporters Without Borders, which also tagged Syria as the deadliest country for newsmen.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 622465 [Title] => RP ranking in World Press Freedom Index drops to 156 [Summary] =>

The ranking of the Philippines in the World Press Freedom Index has dropped to 156 this year from 122 in 2009 mainly because of the massacre of 32 journalists in Maguindanao in November last year.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383367 [Title] => Palace: We don’t condone killings of journalists [Summary] => Malacañang yesterday said it is working for journalists’ welfare and press freedom in the country, disproving an international group’s claim that Philippine authorities have failed to stop a continuing wave of anti-media violence in the country.

"We do not condone a culture of violence. We have resolved some cases involving journalist killings at the investigation level and prosecutions are underway," Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said in a statement yesterday.
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"I am surprised to see that in the Philippines there is still an activity of high incidence of a moral and political violence against those who profess different political ideologies," said Papal Nuncio Archbishop Fernando Filoni.
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