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ILPS decries US hypocrisy on the Russian-Georgian conflict The US and its Nato allies have presented a distorted picture of the conflict between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia and Abkhazia. And the western media have stridently acted as the purveyor of US imperialist propaganda. The hypocrite George W. Bush has spearheaded the propaganda campaign by misrepresenting Russia as the aggressor and violator of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia in the current Russian-Georgian conflict.

News

NUJP: Aug. 20 is 'Day of Mourning', wear black The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) on Tuesday said Aug. 20 will be a “National Day of Mourning" as they called on the media to wear black that day in protest over the continuing murders of journalists in the country.

Features

On the air: A voice for the voiceless This story was more than a year in the making. It started in May 2006. I was in Manila researching a paper on radio in Asia. A student told me about a new community radio station opening in the northern Philippines – “to give voice to the voiceless.”

Viewpoints

The stolen It is good that the media rallied behind their kidnapped colleagues. Perhaps the same courtesy can be extended to many others, not because they are journalists, or celebrities, but because they are people, with anxious mothers and sobbing children.

Readings

Lippmann and the news The "present crisis of western democracy," the 30-year-old Walter Lippmann announced in 1920, "is a crisis in journalism." A co-founder of The New Republic in 1914, a Wilson Administration confidant and Army captain with responsibility for propaganda in Europe during World War I,

Mediawatch

The newspaper world suffers another blow Paris, May 5 (IPS) - The financial crisis in the French newspaper Le Monde, that led to an unprecedented two-day strike in mid-April, is symptom of a growing crisis in the print media in France, and in several other European countries.

Solidarity

Entry denied In the early hours of Monday morning, April 21, journalist Abir Sarras was denied entry ry into Israel by border guards at the international airport in Tel Aviv. She was detained in a jail cell until the following day, when she was put on a plane back to the Netherlands.

Nation

Crispin Beltran: The politics of the possible The affable Ka Bel, as he was popularly called, was indeed known for being generous to a fault. His life and death illustrate how he lived out his ideals, paid the price and proved the politics of the possible.

Focus

Remembering Celso Pojas As the spokesperson of Kilusang Magbubukid sa Pilipinas (KMP) in Southern Mindanao, Pojas was concerned over the plight of these Lumad farmers, still struggling for their ancestral land but ended up being displaced.

Analysis

Is the Arroyo gov't doing enough? With the Filipino people already experiencing difficult times and could expect more hardships in the future, the question is: Is the Arroyo government doing enough to protect the people’s welfare?

Opinion

Human rights and US 'war on terror' At the 8th session of the UN Human Rights Council, during which the Philippine human rights record is being reviewed, UN Special Rapporteur Professor Philip Alston, stood by his findings on the alarming spate of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines in the last six years.

Statements

Bayan: SC decision favors Arroyo regime's stonewalling tactics The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) is utterly disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the principle of executive privilege in relation to Romulo Neri’s conversations with the president on the bribe-tainted NBN-ZTE deal.

World

Home to too many widows Baquba, June 18 (IPS) - Just about everyone in Iraq is a loser as a result of the occupation, but none more than women. One of the more obvious signs of that is the very large number of widows. The Asharq al-Awsat Arab media channel estimated in late 2007 there were 2.3 million widows in Iraq.

JMS Arrest

Human rights group stands by concerns for violations of rights of Filipinos in NL On this supposed “independence day” of the Philippines, the Philippine Human Rights Watch delegation in attendance at the UN Human Rights Council 8th Session confirms its support to the joint statement delivered by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) during the “interactive dialogue” yesterday on the consideration of the report of the Working Group on the Netherlands Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

Antonio Zumel

Remembering Tony Zumel Antonio “Tony” Zumel – journalist and revolutionary leader – would have turned 75 last Aug. 10. Aug. 13, 2007 marks his sixth death anniversary. Known to his colleagues and many friends as Antumel or Manong, Zumel was born in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte – the second of six children.

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'State of denial'

"State of denial" is Australian Broadcasting Corporation's video report on the political killings in the Philippines. Bangkok-based correspondent Karen Percy highlights the story of two University of the Philippines students - Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan - who on June 26 last year were abducted by armed men believed to be under the command of recently retired Major-General Jovito "The Butcher" Palparan. ABC aired this feature last May 15.

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