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• Correspondents threatened by local government official

  CMFR/Philippines—Two provincial correspondents of a national broadsheet said they were indirectly threatened with harm by a local government official in Alfonso Lista, Ifugao on 10 May 2008. Ifugao is... Read more

• Hearing on murder of journalist seven years ago begins

  CMFR/Philippines—The trial of the suspect in the killing of a radio journalist in 2001 began 9 May 2008 in Cebu City, Cebu with the journalist’s widow stating under direct... Read more

• Impunity in the Philippines

  By Joel Simon and Sheila Coronel, Committee to Protect Journalists At a recent conference on press freedom and impunity held in Manila, attorney Nena Santos declared, “My heart bleeds... Read more

• Provincial publisher killed

  CMFR/Philippines—An individual onboard a motorcycle gunned down a newspaper publisher at around 10:15 pm (local time) on 7 April 2008 night in Pasig City in the Philippines. Pasig is... Read more

• Journalist gets death threat over mining story

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Palawan-based journalist was threatened with death on 3 April 2008 after he wrote that a mining company was blocking plans to declare a forest in Brooke’s... Read more

• Judge grants 60-day temporary restraining order for trial of “masterminds” in journalist’s killing

  CMFR/Philippines—The Cebu City Court of Appeals issued a 60-day temporary restraining order (TRO) on 25 March 2008 in the trial of the suspected masterminds in the killing of a... Read more

• High Court grants petition for transfer of venue of the trials of suspects in the killing of two journalists

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine Supreme Court granted on 18 March 2008 a petition by the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) and the National Union of Journalists of the... Read more

• Supreme Court issues first writ of amparo for journalist

  The Supreme Court granted the first writ of amparo for a journalist on 11 March 2008. Read more

• Legal experts, journalists, press freedom and human rights advocates attend international conference on press freedom and impunity in Manila

  Just three months after scores of journalists and media practitioners were arrested after covering the Manila Peninsula siege, over a hundred legal experts, judges, journalists, press freedom and human... Read more

• Suspect in 2004 killing of journalist surrenders as witness retracts

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The suspect in the 2004 killing of radio broadcaster Herson Hinolan surrendered on 5 March 2008 to the Kalibo Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 7 in Aklan,... Read more

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