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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL – Out of the list, but…
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Here’s positive news at the end of the year: the Philippines, for the first time since 2007, is not included in the 2015 list of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-28 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20151229/startoon.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1524931 [Title] => EDITORIAL – Breeding impunity [Summary] =>

An efficient justice system is indispensable in economic growth and human development. It’s good that the annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Manila was over before the sixth anniversary of the Maguindanao massacre – an egregious example of the weakness of Philippine justice – rolled around.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-22 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20151123/Startoon.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1491163 [Title] => EDITORIAL - No letup in impunity [Summary] =>

This week alone, two broadcasters were murdered, further reinforcing the Philippines’ reputation as one of the five most dangerous countries for media workers.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-22 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20150823/startoon.gif ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1490703 [Title] => EDITORYAL - Media killings [Summary] =>

Duha ka mga sakop sa media ang naapil karon sa taas na kaayong listahan sa gipamatay nga mga tigbalita dinhi sa nasud. Silang duha gipatay sud lang ning semanaha.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-21 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banat Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1401298 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Human Rights 365 [Summary] =>

Waterboarding, sleep deprivation, beatings, shackling of suspects. Sound familiar? The stories of torture are being discussed not in the Philippines but the United States, where the Central Intelligence Agency is under fire for its interrogation methods employed in the war on terror.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20141210/StarToon121114.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1387129 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Breaking the cycle of impunity [Summary] =>

According to some reports, the Philippine government persuaded the international community to observe a special day to end impunity in crimes against journalists on Nov. 2 instead of Nov. 23. That doesn’t erase the fact that Nov. 23, 2009 will always be remembered for the Maguindanao massacre, the world’s deadliest attack on journalists, with 32 of the 58 fatalities media workers.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20141102/StarToon.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1337899 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Human trafficking haven [Summary] =>

The Philippines is not among the worst three in the world, but the country has remained on a US government watch list of states that have not done enough to fight human trafficking.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20140623/StarToon.gif ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1259627 [Title] => Sa kabila ng Maguindanao massacre, press freedom sa Pinas abot kamay pa rin - Palasyo [Summary] =>

Hindi itinuturing ng Palasyo ang Pilipinas bilang delikadong lugar para sa mga mamamahayag, kung hindi isasama ang Maguindanao massacre, ayon sa isang kalihim ngayong Biyernes.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-22 16:43:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Balita Ngayon [SectionUrl] => balita-ngayon [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1259619 [Title] => Palace: Without Maguindanao Massacre, media killings in Phl 'not so serious' [Summary] =>

The Philippines has been considered as among the dangerous places for journalists due to the Maguindanao massacre ...

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-22 15:42:21 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473499 [AuthorName] => Louis Bacani [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6519/pressfreedom.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1039061 [Title] => Int'l media groups decry murder of 2 Pinoy columnists [Summary] =>

International organizations promoting journalists' rights and welfare decry the murder of two Filipino tabloid columnists.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-01 09:44:36 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473499 [AuthorName] => Louis Bacani [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6519/pressfreedom.jpg ) ) )
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