2013 | CMFR

(PART 2) Reporting ‘Yolanda’: More needed from the media

Media should always learn from past experience, but climate change and the unprecedented magnitude of recent disasters signal a new level of learning. The media mind set needs to... Read more

(PART 1) Reporting ‘Yolanda’: More needed from the media

"The media have roles to play before, during, and after a disaster. In many incidents, journalists are among the first to arrive on the scene and report on events... Read more

Word War on Impunity

The exchange between press freedom advocates and Aquino officials reflects the underlying adversarity inherent in media’s relationship with government. But the talk on the issue of impunity has become a... Read more

SEAPA: Urgent and decisive response needed to curb media killings

It is a terrible coincidence that there have been three murders of journalists in the Philippines between International Day to End Impunity (IDEI on 23 November) and the International... Read more

Human waste thrown at radio station after shooting of broadcaster

CMFR/Philippines – Two days after a reporter of a radio station in Iloilo City was shot and wounded outside his house, four men riding in tandem threw human waste... Read more

Murder as perennial as grass

UNLESS THE Aquino administration rouses the Philippine National Police from its lethargy and forces it to find and investigate the killers of journalists; unless it lights a fire under... Read more

Estranged wife and police officer accused of murdering radio broadcaster

CMFR/Philippines – Eight suspects including the radio broadcaster’s wife and a police officer have been charged with the murder of a radio broadcaster last 06 December 2013 in Tandag... Read more

Obit

FILIPINO WRITER Raul Rafael Ingles died last December 5. He was 84. AMERICAN JOURNALIST Carl Hilliard died of a heart attack last November 10. He was 76. AMERICAN JOURNALIST Penn... Read more

Radio reporter survives shooting incident

CMFR/Philippines – Two men riding in tandem on a motorcycle ambushed and wounded a broadcaster of a radio station in Iloilo City on 10 December 2013. Iloilo City in... Read more

Three broadcasters killed in eleven days

CMFR/Philippines – A radio blocktimer was shot dead in Tagum City, Davao del Norte province, on 11 December 2013. He was the third broadcaster killed in the last eleven... Read more