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Party-list rep turned mayoral candidate interrupts broadcast

CMFR/Philippines – A radio blocktimer received threats after an outgoing party-list representative running for mayor of Tacloban City barged into his radio booth and verbally attacked him last 26... Read more

Cabanatuan mayor, men allegedly harass TV crew

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A cameraman and a driver-technician from a local television station in Cabanatuan City reported being harassed by the incumbent mayor last 27 April 2013. The mayor... Read more

Gunman in Ortega slay convicted

The Puerto Princesa City court convicted of murder the killer of broadcaster and environmentalist Gerardo “Gerry” Ortega last 7 May 2013. Read more

Ortega family on the gunman’s conviction

A statement from Michaella Ortega, May 8, 2013 CELLPHONES AND gadgets cost more than my father’s life. This remains to be the main takeaway from the case against... Read more

Police arrest broadcaster before filing libel complaint

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — On the 20th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day last 3 May 2013, a police director in Dipolog City arrested a radio blocktime commentator for allegedly libelous... Read more

“Making” democracy

THE CLAIM that free expression is not absolute falls regularly from the lips of people who’re basically hostile to it, among them certain members of the 15th Congress who... Read more

A Reminder

THE NEW York-based Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) Impunity Index, for the fourth year in a row, has ranked the Philippines the third worst country in the... Read more

Conflict of interest

REPORTER NIKKO Dizon, whose byline appeared in the April 24 Philippine Daily Inquirer article "Bayan clears NPA: No extortion, it’s civil war", covers the defense beat for the said... Read more

Another Inquirer “mistake” (Updated)

JEERS TO THE Philippine Daily Inquirer for the flagrant inaccuracies in its front page story “NDF Anniversary: Bayan Muna clears NPA: No extortion, it’s civil war” dated April... Read more

Politicians and journalists

THIS YEAR marks the 20th year since the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared May 3 World Press Freedom Day. May 3 continues to resonate with... Read more