We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic State agents harass media workers who refused to sign as witnesses in drug op CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Reporters covering the aftermath of an anti-illegal drugs operation in Pasay City, Metro Manila were harassed by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on March 16. Personnel of the NBI’s Task Force on Anti-Illegal Drugs were reportedly attempting to coerce media workers to sign as... Editor red-tagged by SMNI propagandists CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Ronalyn Olea, managing editor of Bulatlat, was red-tagged and called an “operatibong internet operator” for the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP-NPA-NDFP) in SMNI’s Laban Kasama ang Bayan. Olea is also the Secretary-General of the National Union... Media barred from coverage in Negros Occidental CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – Journalists were denied entry to an evacuation center in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on 13 October 2022. The media were there to cover the situation of residents displaced by the ongoing encounter between the Philippine Army and the New People’s Army (NPA). Two journalists receive online threats CMFR/Philippines — TV5 broadcasters Ed Lingao and Lourd de Veyra received death threats online on 4 October 2022, a day after the murder of broadcaster Percy Lapid in Las Piñas. Broadcaster mauled outside radio station in Iloilo City CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Four men in hoods and facemasks beat and injured a broadcaster outside a radio station in La Paz, Iloilo City on 8 October 2022. Iloilo City is 655 kilometers south of Manila. Radio commentator shot dead in Las Piñas CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Two unidentified men shot and killed a veteran radio commentator on 3 October 2022 in Las Piñas, Metro Manila. Baguio journo red-tagged in online post CMFR/PHILIPPINES - Sherwin De Vera, managing editor of Northern Dispatch, was red-tagged in a Facebook post on August 12. FB user Allen Dondon uploaded photos of De Vera with former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary, Judy Taguiwalo and former Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Zarate, with a... NTC blocks alternative media websites On June 6, 2022, Hermogenes Esperon Jr., National Security Council (NSC) Advisor and Anti-Terrorism Council Vice Chairperson, wrote to the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) ordering “Philippine Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block access to the following websites affiliated to and are supporting terrorists and terrorist organizations.” A copy of... Rappler journalist shoved during Uniteam rally TWO OF Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.’s campaign staffers prevented Rappler reporter Lian Buan from interviewing Marcos Jr. at a campaign rally. Baguio journo survives shooting CMFR/PHILIPPINES – On March 1, Aldwin Quitasol, Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club President and Daily Tribune Correspondent, survived an attempt on his life while walking home in Quezon Hill, Baguio City. Baguio City is approximately 206 kilometers north of Manila. « Previous12345…16Next »
