We are posting here two videos of Antonio Zumel, which we stumbled upon recently. These are actually interviews in which Manong Tony talked about his family. We hope to feature similar videos and other memorabilia on the site in the near future.
Local anti-riot police detained and manhandled a group of journalists and media workers during the demolition of an allegedly illegal settlement in San Juan City last Jan. 11. San Juan is a city within the Philippines’ National Capital Region (Metro Manila).
On May 15, 2008, Randy was abducted by members of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines while on his way to a home of a friend in Cainta, Rizal. He was blindfolded for four days as he was made to suffer many forms of physical and psychological torture.
News that a fourth scientist in two years, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, had been assassinated in Iran by an unknown agency generated minimal outrage in the press. Patrick Cockburn noted in the Independent:
Today, Nov. 23, is the International Day to End Impunity (Idei). The International Freedom of Exchange (Ifex) community has chosen this day to honor those who have been silenced forever for exercising their right to freedom of expression, and to raise awareness that their killers often go unpunished.
Craig LaMay is an associate professor of journalism at the Northwestern University. He is a former editorial director of the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center and editor of Media Studies Journal; and a former newspaper reporter.
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. , charged with kidnapping and serious illegal detention in connection with the disappearance of the two missing University of the Philippines (UP) students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan, remains in hiding after a court ordered his arrest last Dec. 20.
Davao City (Jan. 25, 2012) —Computer Studies Division students at the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Davao University Paolo Villanueva, Nitish Khemani and Alfred Jett Grandeza thought they could tinker with the computer and offer a computerized method of voting.
In his inauguration speech a year ago Pres. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, III trumpeted that, under his wing, the Filipino people can dream again. The Aquino administration however finishes its first year in office with little to show in terms of new socioeconomic policies to distribute land, create long-term jobs, raise incomes, improve social services, develop the rural economy and build domestic industry.
A government that fails to address the fundamental roots of poverty, especially in the countryside, that forces millions of Filipinos to “squat” in urban centers has no business evicting them from their homes.
Eight suspected members of a syndicate allegedly recruiting fake claimants to the compensation money awarded to human rights victims during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.
Given that the US is currently attempting to wage actual war, as well as to carry out acts of war against numerous countries, one is subject to a constant barrage of lies from the US government to justify such acts.
After watching the video, which was widely circulated on Facebook, many expressed shock and outrage, denouncing the Armed Forces of the Philippines as human-rights violators, while others simply commented how difficult it is to look at the video and not cry with anger.
He Never Wrote 30
He never wrote 30 is documentary film that gives us a glimpse into the life of Antonio Zumel. Please click here to watch the two-part video.
Media in the News
- Prime suspect in killing of GenSan newspaper publisher charged
- Suspect in slay try on radio commentator yields
- When journalists are subpoenaed
- 'Journalists are not the story'
- Editor killed in General Santos City
- ‘Brazenness’ of suspect in shooting of CDO radioman Licuanan alarms colleagues
- Broadcaster Michael James Licuanan survives slay try
- DoJ to probe bribe try on Ortega witness
- Iligan radio broadcaster arrested following libel case filed by city councilor
- Court acquits suspect in 2006 murder of Palawan broadcaster Batul
- US envoy's escorts accused of manhandling journalists
- The state of Philippine media 25 years after EDSA
- NUJP scores US soldiers' alleged shabby treatment of Zambo reporte
Reports
- Committee to Protect Journalists: 'Getting away with murder 2011'
- Reporters Without Borders: 2010 World Press Freedom Index
- International Federation of Journalists: 'End of a decade: Journalists and staff killed in 2009'
- Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility: 'Press freedom continued to decline in 2008'
- International News Safety Institute: 'Journalists and media staff killed in 2008'
- IFJ-Asia: 'In the balance:Press freedom in South Asia 2007-2008'
- Democracy Now!: 'US listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as target prior to killing of two journalists in 2003'
