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		<title>Bishop calls for FOI Bill ratification;FOI advocates write Nograles</title>
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Freedom of information advocates found another champion in known social reformer Bishop Broderick Pabillo as the campaign for the ratification of the FOI Bill by the Lower House on May 31 intensifies.

The Auxiliary Bishop of Manila celebrated a Mass calling for the Catholic faithful to pray for the ratification and signing into law of the FOI Bill. The Mass was held at the Sto. Niño de Tondo Parish amid celebrations of Valentine’s Day and the Chinese New Year.
In his homily, Bishop Pabillo told parishioners to always seek what is good ...]]></description>
		<link>http://ccjd.org/main/2010/02/bishop-calls-for-foi-bill-ratificationfoi-advocates-write-nograles/</link>
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		<title>Hanging in Balance</title>
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With the Freedom of Information bill hanging in the balance, the Center for Community Journalism and Development is re-posting the Inquirer editorial of February 9 which essentially captures the predicament of meaningful and substantial legislative measures in a Congress preoccupied with partisan concerns. The CCJD urges colleagues, public interest groups and citizens to intensify efforts to have this bill passed by the 14th Congress.  Work for its passage started in the 11th Congress or period of 12 years.
Freedom of information is important as it is a key component of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://ccjd.org/main/2010/02/hanging-in-balance/</link>
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		<title>Media Baktas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone!
We have launched Bukidnon Media Baktas/Tapok on January 18. Please make it a habit to join this monthly gathering. This February, we are holding it on the 16th. Please join us!
Time: February 16, 2010 from 3:30pm to 6pm
Location: Capitol Grounds, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon
Organized By: Atong Press
Event Description:
Hi everyone!
I am your new Media Baktas/ Tapok coordinator.
Please be informed that the schedule of our Media Baktas/Tapok for the month of February will be on the 16th (Tuesday) at the Provincial Capitol ground, Malybalay City.
We will assemble at the DXDB Station(beside Cathedral); ...]]></description>
		<link>http://ccjd.org/main/2010/02/events/</link>
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		<title>Journalists Must Resist Calls to Arms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The International News Safety Institute urges journalists in the Philippines to resist calls to carry guns following the horrific massacre in Maguindanao. INSI believes that the safety of journalists would not be improved, and in fact probably would be diminished, were they to carry weapons.

&#8220;Journalists increasingly are being targeted largely because they have lost, in the eyes of certain elements, their status as neutral observers. If they bear arms they reinforce this misguided belief by placing themselves on one side or another,&#8221; said INSI Director Rodney Pinder.
&#8220;A journalist with a gun ...]]></description>
		<link>http://ccjd.org/main/2010/01/journalists-must-resist-calls-to-arms/</link>
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		<title>Nationwide Vigil for Justice to Commemorate the First Month Anniversary of the Ampatuan, Maguindanao Massacre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the day that we mark the first month anniversary of the most unspeakable atrocity committed against Filipino journalists together with those who set out to fulfill an electoral right in Maguindanao, a simple enough exercise that turned out to have far-reaching implications for human rights, the rule of law and democracy.
Today, as we stand resolute in shouting “Never again!” we do so with the hope that our call for justice for the Maguindanao massacre victims  and their families does not fall on deaf ears.
Today, even as we note ...]]></description>
		<link>http://ccjd.org/main/2009/12/an-end-to-a-terrible-nightmare/</link>
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		<title>FOI Bill Passes Senate 3rd Reading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally, the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act passed Third Reading in the Senate today, (December 14) after three Congresses marked by hard lobbying by various interest groups led by the Access to Information Network (ATIN).
“In the past, the bill was only able to get the nod of the House of Representatives but gets stuck in the Senate.  It is only now that significant strides were achieved with regard to pushing this bill,” said Representative Lorenzo R. Tañada III, the bill’s author in the Lower House.
Tañada emphasized the importance of getting ...]]></description>
		<link>http://ccjd.org/main/2009/12/foi-bill-passes-senate-3rd-reading/</link>
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		<title>Access to Information Key to Fight Corruption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Access to Information Key to Fight Corruption
People’s access to information is key in reducing corruption in local and national government, which is now the core issue in the crisis in Maguindanao following the abduction and slaughter of 57 people in the country’s worst election-related violence and the world’s deadliest single attack against journalists.
This was the main message of Red Batario, Center for Community Journalism and Development (CCJD) executive director and Nepomuceno Malaluan, Access to Information Network (ATIN) lead convenor in a live radio discussion December 9 over dzMM’s “Dos por ...]]></description>
		<link>http://ccjd.org/main/2009/12/access-to-information-key-to-fight-corruption/</link>
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		<title>Ukraine: ARTICLE 19 and IMS Call for Balanced and Ethical Reporting During Elections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ukraine: ARTICLE 19 and IMS Call for Balanced and Ethical Reporting During Elections
ARTICLE 19, together with International Media Support, urge private and publicly funded media in Ukraine to behave responsibly and to respect professional and ethical standards of journalism in the period leading up to and during the presidential elections scheduled for 17 January 2010.
This is the first presidential election in Ukraine since the Orange Revolution of 2004. Although the change in government after 2004 resulted in less firm governmental control over the press and a more pluralistic media, there ...]]></description>
		<link>http://ccjd.org/main/2009/12/ukraine-article-19-and-ims-call-for-balanced-and-ethical-reporting-during-elections/</link>
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		<title>Full text: Arroyo&#8217;s declaration of martial law in Maguindanao</title>
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Proclamation 1959: Proclaiming a State of Martial Law and suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in the province of Maguindanao except for certain areas.
Whereas, Proclamation No. 1946 was issued on 24 November 2009 declaring a state of emergency in the provinces of Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and the City of Cotabato for the purpose of preventing and suppressing lawless violence in the aforesaid areas.
Whereas, Sec. 18 Art. VII of the Constitution provides that “in case of invasion or rebellion, when public safety requires it, the President may, for ...]]></description>
		<link>http://ccjd.org/main/2009/12/full-text-arroyos-declaration-of-martial-law-in-maguindanao/</link>
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		<title>DON’T KILL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: WE BEG OUR SENATORS TO ACT ON S.B. 3308 NOW!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DON’T KILL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: WE BEG OUR SENATORS TO ACT ON S.B. 3308 NOW!
Last 9 November, we welcomed with deep appreciation the Senate’s commitment to pass the Freedom of Information Act without delay. We gave our full confidence to their assurance, made through Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, that Senate Bill 3308 will be passed on second reading by November 18, and on third reading by 1 December. This timetable only gives enough time to convene the bicameral conference committee and report back for final approval of the bill ...]]></description>
		<link>http://ccjd.org/main/2009/12/don%e2%80%99t-kill-freedom-of-information-we-beg-our-senators-to-act-on-s-b-3308-now/</link>
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