// Ethics
It has been seven days since the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona started.
Since Jan. 16, CMFR has been asking online media users their thoughts on the press coverage of the impeachment trial. CMFR has also asked their opinion on the role of the press in the issue.
So far, these are some of the concerns raised on the press and its coverage.
// Training
PCIJ will conduct another briefing on January 27. Go to http://pcij.org/blog/2012/01/13/do-the-saln-salsa-with-pcij to know more.
// Press Freedom
The Philippines is up 16 places in the 2011 Press Freedom Index released by Reporters sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders, RSF).
// Impunity
Publisher killed in Bohol provinceCMFR/PHILIPPINES – NO SUSPECT has been identified in the 15 December 2011 killing of a local newspaper publisher in Trinidad City, Bohol province. Bohol is a province 640 kilometers south of Manila.
// Statements
The Persistence of Impunity:A Bad Start for the New YearStatement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ)
on the killing of Christopher “Cris” Guarin
THE KILLING of General Santos newspaper publisher and RMN blocktimer Christopher Guarin hardly a week since the new year began is one more indication of the persistence of the culture of impunity that encourages the killing of journalists and media workers in the Philippines.
// Media education
Specious and Disingenuous (updated)CMFR notes that Ms. Vitug’s attempt to get the side of UST and Corona, and her disclosing that she was either rebuffed or ignored, were both in keeping with journalistic ethics and protocol.
