Archive for December, 2011
ALERT: Publisher of Bohol community paper shot in broad daylight
Antonio “Tony” Silagon, 73, publisher of the local tabloid Bohol Balita Daily News, was shot by two unidentified men on December 15 in Barangay Dao, Trinidad City, Bohol province. According to the Bohol chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Silagon was walking alone and had just left his residence when [...]
ALERT: TV news team cries illegal detention by DFA staff
A staff of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reportedly detained a reporter and cameramen from television station GMA-7 inside the agency’s media office yesterday. According to an incident report shared by reporter-newscaster Tina Panganiban Perez to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, the staff, unnamed as of this writing, cited no valid [...]
