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President’s son wants Facebook regulated

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Philippine legislator, one of the sons of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, has called for tighter regulation over the content of the social networking site Facebook. Pampanga... Read more

HIS OWN WORST ARGUMENT

(Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on the August 25 privilege speech of Representative Rodante Marcoleta of the Alagad Party List) Representative Rodante Marcoleta’s August 25 privilege... Read more

Writers allege being spied on by Philippine military

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) allegedly placed under surveillance two renowned Filipino writers. Bienvenido Lumbera, a National Artist for Literature and a professor at the... Read more

Supreme Court grants transfer of trial venue of frustrated murder of a broadcaster

CMFR/PHILIPPINES -The Philippine Supreme Court approved last 10 August 2009 the change of venue of the trial of the suspects in the frustrated murder of a Cagayan de Oro... Read more

Former president sues Manila broadsheet

CMFR/PHILIPPINES-Deposed president Joseph “Erap” Estrada filed on 17 September 2009 a libel complaint against a Manila-based broadsheet for a report on his alleged coercion of a businessman in 1998.... Read more

Transfer of venue of case against alleged masterminds in Esperat murder granted

CMFR/PHILIPPINES-The venue of the case against the alleged masterminds in the killing of Sultan Kudarat-based journalist Marlene Esperat has been transferred to Makati City with the Philippine Supreme Court’s... Read more

Court grants petition to change venue of suspected killers’ trial

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine Supreme Court granted the petition for the transfer of the trial venue of the case against the alleged killers of broadcaster Dennis Cuesta from General... Read more

PJR Reports July – August 2009

|| THE FRONT PAGE || The death of former President Corazon Aquino once more brought thousands of Filipinos to the streets. || IN THIS ISSUE || A Death Like... Read more

Editors receive death threats

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Editors of a Davao City-based newspaper received death threats last 20 August 2009 for publishing stories allegedly biased for the city government. Stella Estremera and Virginia “Gigie”... Read more

JOURNALISTS STILL BEING KILLED 26 YEARS AFTER NINOY’S DEATH

Statement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) on the failure of the Philippine National Police to arrest the suspects in the murders of Marlene Esperat and Dennis... Read more

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