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Judge upholds court’s jurisdiction over journalist murder case

CMFR/Philippines – A Cebu City Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge denied on 18 February 2008 a motion by two defendants accused of masterminding the murder of journalist Marlene Esperat.... Read more

Broadcaster jailed for libel

CMFR/Philippines—A provincial radio commentator has now spent over a week in jail after being arrested on 22 January 2008 for failing to attend his libel case hearings. No bail... Read more

Journalists file suits to stop threats; court issues order against harassment

CMFR/Philippines—Over a hundred journalists filed two separate suits on 28 January 2008 in a unified effort to halt government threats against the press as well as further arrests. Makati... Read more

Broadcaster jailed for libel

CMFR/Philippines—A provincial radio commentator has been over a week in jail after being arrested on 22 January 2008 for failing to attend court hearings. No bail was recommended for... Read more

Journalists seek court protection from government

CMFR/Philippines—Eleven journalists and media technicians from the Philippines’ biggest television network arrested for covering an incident involving about 20 soldiers in the Manila Peninsula Hotel last November have asked... Read more

An incomplete report from 24 Oras

Jeers to 24 Oras for an incomplete report about a recent Metro Manila Development Agency (MMDA) plan to weed out colorum buses and improve the city’s heavy traffic congestion.... Read more

Telling the real story behind the “success”

Cheers to ABC-5’s Sentro for painting a clearer picture of the state of the government’s pet store project to alleviate hunger and poverty. Government officials hailed the success of... Read more

Two suspects in journalist’s killing six years ago arraigned

CMFR/Philippines—Two suspects in the killing of a broadcast journalist were arraigned on 10 January 2008, more than half a decade after the murder. Rolando Ureta, then 30, was killed... Read more

Class suit against Arroyo husband to continue

CMFR/Philippines—A motion, the second filed by Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, husband of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, to dismiss the class action suit filed against him by 40 journalists and... Read more

Media can be held liable for disobeying government, justice secretary warns

CMFR/Philippines—The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) has condemned an advisory issued by the secretary of justice warning chief media networks and press groups that they risk... Read more