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Broadcasters receive death threats; Mining Exec threatens to sue paper for P100 million

CMFR/Philippines – Two Davao City-based radio broadcasters received death threats after reporting alleged extortion activities involving some local government officials. Davao City is approx. 978 kms from Manila. Erin... Read more

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