2008 | Page 4 of 10 | CMFR

• Journalists shot at in Maguindanao

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Three Mindanao correspondents were reportedly shot at during a supposed clash between the Philippine Army and alleged members of the separatist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)... Read more

• Burmese journalist freed after 19 years

  After 19 years in prison, a Burmese journalist who was also the longest-serving political prisoner in military-ruled Burma was released last Sept. 23 under the junta’s amnesty program. U... Read more

• Journalists’ suit against president’s husband to proceed

  CMFR/Philippines—The Court of Appeals has denied a motion by the husband of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to quash the case, filed against him by journalists in response to his... Read more

• Update on the Rolando Ureta case hearing

  The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility has created a video report on the Sept. 16 hearing of the murder case filed against the alleged killers of radio broadcaster... Read more

• High Court upholds guilty verdict against columnist

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Supreme Court of the Philippines on 16 September 2008 affirmed the guilty verdict on a 1999 libel case filed by a customs official against a columnist,... Read more

• 2008 AMF Journalism Fellowship is now open

  The Asia Media Forum Center (AMF) Nepal is inviting practicing Asian journalists in any medium (print, TV, radio, or online) to apply for a journalism fellowship of £1,000 (1,762... Read more

• CMFR Statement: Assault on the Public’s Right to Know

  Contact: Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo(02) 894-1326/894-1314staff@cmfr-phil.org The Supreme Court’s affirmation of its March 25 decision in favor of executive privilege undermines the public interest function of the press to... Read more

• Publisher jailed for libel, libel conviction of another affirmed

  CMFR/Philippines—The publisher of a daily newspaper in Manila was arrested on 4 September 2008 for libel, while another newspaper publisher’s libel conviction was affirmed after a judge denied her... Read more

• Reporting Mindanao: ‘A series of unfortunate events’

  By Jose Torres Jr. A series of unfortunate events”— from “bad beginnings” in the past to what could be the “penultimate peril” lately —can best describe the situation in... Read more

• “Successful” dry run

  In addition to the peace talks between the Arroyo administration and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), and the resurgent Mindanao conflict, the press also reported the first fully... Read more

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