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		<title>Mindoro journalist asks for writ of amparo before SC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A journalist from Oriental Mindoro, who was forced into hiding because of what he said were serious threats to his life, filed a petition for a writ of amparo before the Supreme Court Monday afternoon.
The petition, filed by the Roque Butuyan Law Office, said Nilo Baculo of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, was &#8220;a journalist whose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bicoltoday.wordpress.com&blog=1253043&post=166&subd=bicoltoday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Radio journalist jailed for defamation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders condemns the detention of radio show host Julito Ucab, who has been held in Butuan City, on the southern island of Mindanao, since 22 January for failing to attend a court hearing on a defamation case dating back to 2004.
&#8220;After the jailing of Alex Adonis in Davao City, this is the second [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bicoltoday.wordpress.com&blog=1253043&post=159&subd=bicoltoday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DOJ warning to media: A clear and shameless attempt to criminalize press freedom</title>
		<link>http://bicoltoday.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/doj-warning-to-media-a-clear-and-shameless-attempt-to-criminalize-press-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) calls on all journalists and media organizations to defy Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez&#8217; warning to hold media criminally liable for &#8220;disobeying&#8221; so-called lawful orders from government officers.
It is a clear and shameless attempt to criminalize the exercise of press freedom and a clear case of prior [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bicoltoday.wordpress.com&blog=1253043&post=142&subd=bicoltoday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Suspect in Aklan broadcaster&#8217;s slay surrenders to cops</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nestor P. Burgos Jr., Inquirer Visayas
ILOILO CITY, Philippines &#8212; A suspect in the 2001 murder of Aklan broadcaster Rolando Ureta surrendered to police on Tuesday, three
weeks after another suspect was arrested.
Jessie Ticar disclosed his plan to surrender during an interview aired over radio station dyKR of Radio Mindanao Network, of which Ureta was program director [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bicoltoday.wordpress.com&blog=1253043&post=130&subd=bicoltoday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Media Position Paper for the Senate&#8217;s Committee on Justice and Human Rights</title>
		<link>http://bicoltoday.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/media-position-paper-for-the-senates-committee-on-justice-and-human-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Maria A. Ressa
Head, ABS-CBN News &#38; Current Affairs Division
On November 29, 2007, more than 30 journalists were arrested, handcuffed and transported to Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan. 12 of the journalists were from ABS-CBN, detained as &#8220;witnesses and suspects,&#8221; according to the police. Others were told they would be released as soon as their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bicoltoday.wordpress.com&blog=1253043&post=129&subd=bicoltoday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NUJP urges authorities to ensure safety of Quezon journalist</title>
		<link>http://bicoltoday.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/nujp-urges-authorities-to-ensure-safety-of-quezon-journalist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) expresses concern over the surveillance that has forced our colleague, Criselda Cabangon, 24, reporter and columnist of Ang Diaryo Natin (ADN), and founding member of the NUJP&#8217;s Quezon chapter, into hiding. 
We call on authorities to ensure her safety and, if any of their units are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bicoltoday.wordpress.com&blog=1253043&post=119&subd=bicoltoday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Journalist in hiding over alleged military surveillance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delfin T. Mallari Jr., Inquirer Southern Luzon
LUCENA CITY &#8212; A news reporter and columnist of Ang Diaryo Natin (ADN), a weekly paper in Quezon province, has gone into hiding after a group of still unidentified persons have been reportedly shadowing her since Monday. 
Criselda Cabangon, 24, also a founding member of the National Union of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bicoltoday.wordpress.com&blog=1253043&post=117&subd=bicoltoday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Police condemned for arresting journalists &#8211; IFJ</title>
		<link>http://bicoltoday.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/police-condemned-for-arresting-journalists-ifj/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the actions of the Philippines police in detaining and arresting 17 journalists who were reporting on the takeover by rebel army soldiers of a hotel in Manila on November 29. 
The obstruction of journalists in the conduct of their work came as the Philippine National Police stormed the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bicoltoday.wordpress.com&blog=1253043&post=114&subd=bicoltoday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Human rights lawyers condemn curfew and arrest of media as violation of the constitution and an arbitrary over-kill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY Atty. Neri Javier Colmenares
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) condemns the imposition of the curfew by Pres. Gloria Arroyo as oppressive, unconstitutional and an arbitrary overkill intended only to instill fear on the people.  Article III, Section 6 of the Constitution states that “Neither shall the right to travel be impaired except [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bicoltoday.wordpress.com&blog=1253043&post=111&subd=bicoltoday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gov’t declares curfew in Metro Manila, nearby provinces</title>
		<link>http://bicoltoday.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/gov%e2%80%99t-declares-curfew-in-metro-manila-nearby-provinces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘This is not martial law’&#8211;PNP chief
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines – The government, through Interior and Local Secretary Ronaldo Puno has imposed a curfew throughout Metro Manila, in Central Luzon (Region 3), and CALABARZON (Region 4-A).
The curfew starts 12 midnight to 5 a.m. Friday. 
&#8220;We are doing this to protect the citizenry. This is not martial [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bicoltoday.wordpress.com&blog=1253043&post=109&subd=bicoltoday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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