A veteran newspaper publisher was shot at close range in the presence of his family, and died while pleading for his life.

A former houseboy of the powerful Ampatuan family tagged his former boss ex-Maguindanao Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr. as the one who in 2009 allegedly ordered the grisly killing of 32 journalists.

The Media Project impressed journalists from eight media organizations with its four-day seminar on International Journalism in Thailand in mid-December.

In a landmark ruling, the Philippine Supreme Court will permit live media coverage in the trial of the gory killings of 57 people.

Censorship in Cambodia is a chronic affliction for journalists working in one of the world's most oppressive press environments.

Another hard-hitting Filipino broadcaster was killed Monday by two assassins on a motorcycle.