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+ Follow WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX Tag
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX
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                    [ArticleID] => 2095670
                    [Title] => The other virus
                    [Summary] => Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières/rsf.org), an international NGO that works for freedom of the press and of information, published two weeks ago its 2021 World Press Freedom Index.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-05-04 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136341
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804917
                    [AuthorName] => Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2092903
                    [Title] => Philippines drops further in World Press Freedom Index
                    [Summary] => With a global score of 45.64, the Philippines dropped two notches to 138 out of 180 countries in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index drawn up by Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-04-22 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804761
                    [AuthorName] => Helen Flores
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/04/21/press_2021-04-21_22-16-02841_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1911071
                    [Title] => Philippines slips further on World Press Freedom index
                    [Summary] => The country sank a notch lower to the 134th spot out of 180 countries. The Philippines had a score of 43.91.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-04-18 15:24:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805248
                    [AuthorName] => Kristine Joy Patag
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/04/18/press-freedom-pcoo-eu-caravan2019-02-1718-05-18_2019-04-18_15-09-48125_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1809686
                    [Title] => Duterte tirades vs media no threat to press freedom, Palace says
                    [Summary] => President Rodrigo Duterte’s tirades against the Philippine media do not threaten their ability to report, Malacañang said on Thursday, a day after an international media watchdog noted a dip in the country’s ranking in its press freedom index.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-04-26 17:45:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805104
                    [AuthorName] => Audrey Morallo
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/student-stop-duterte-government_2018-02-08_19-19-08239_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [4] => Array
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                    [ArticleID] => 1809344
                    [Title] => Philippines down 6 notches on World Press Freedom Index
                    [Summary] => Despite being touted as the country with the freest and liveliest press in Asia, the Philippines sank lower in the 2018 World Press Freedom Index of media watchdog Reporters Without Borders.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-04-25 17:58:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805246
                    [AuthorName] => Gaea Katreena Cabico
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/defend-press-freedom_2018-04-25_17-16-23_thumbnail.jpg
                )

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                    [ArticleID] => 1690753
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Press freedom and inclusion
                    [Summary] => Despite President Duterte’s uneasy relationship with mass media, the country saw an improvement in its rating in the latest World Press Freedom Index. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2017-05-04 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 1689117
                    [Title] => Phl improves in World Press Freedom Index
                    [Summary] => The Philippines rose 11 places to 127th in the latest World Press Freedom Index partly because of a fall in the number of journalists killed in 2016.
                    [DatePublished] => 2017-04-27 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804891
                    [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
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                    [ArticleID] => 1531039
                    [Title] => Watchdog: High impunity, lack of FOI hound Philippine press freedom
                    [Summary] => 

The low prosecution rate of suspects in the killing of journalists and the failure of the government to pass a freedom of information (FOI) law are among the major issues hounding press freedom in the Philippines, according to an international press freedom watchdog.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-09 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804764 [AuthorName] => Janvic Mateo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1424203 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Another messenger silenced [Summary] =>

A day after the Philippines saw a slight improvement in its dismal ranking in the latest World Press Freedom Index, another journalist was gunned down. Maurito Lim of dyRD was entering the radio office where he worked in Tagbilaran City, Bohol late Saturday morning when a man pulled up on a motorcycle.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20150216/Startoon.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1423162 [Title] => Press freedom: Phl moves up to 141st [Summary] =>

The Philippines ranked 141st among 180 countries indexed by the Paris-based press freedom watchdog Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders) for this year.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150213/Press-Freedom-6.jpg ) ) )
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