H. E. Gen. Fidel Ramos President of the Philippines Malacańang Palace Metro Manila The Philippines Vienna, 3 June 1997 The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 98 countries, strongly condemns the killing of an editor of a popular Philippine tabloid. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on authorities in the Philippines to fully investigate the recent murder of a journalist and to take steps to curb a widespread culture of impunity in the country. Crime reporter Alex Balcoba was shot in the head by an unidentified man outside of his family’s business in the […]

Read this edition of our fortnightly IPI membership newsletter.  If you would like to find out more about our global network and get actively involved in promoting press freedom in your country, click here The IPI Global Network is engaging in two big press freedom campaigns that matter, and we need your help. There’s the attacks […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed alarm at last week’s murder of a journalist in the Philippines, the fourth there in just over a month. According to the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), radio commentator Fernando “Nanding” Solijon was walking home on Thursday at approximately 10:30 pm in the coastal village of […]