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NUJP, Other Groups “Red-tagged” During Press Freedom Week

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A black streamer on the Press Freedom Monument at the Vicente de Lara Park in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental on 27 May 2019 tagged the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) and several other organizations as allies of the New People’s Army (NPA),...

Radio Blocktimer Killed in Butuan City

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio blocktimer was killed in Butuan City on 20 April 2019. Butuan City is 799 kilometers south of Manila. “Blocktiming” is a Philippine practice in which broadcasters buy blocks of time to air sponsored programs. Francis Patindol, a blocktimer in dxJM 95.9 FM, was outside a...

Rappler Again Banned from Coverage

CMFR/Philippines — A reporter of online news site Rappler was denied accreditation to cover the Department of Health’s (DOH) launch of its campaign to end tuberculosis on 23 April 2019, an event that President Rodrigo Duterte was also set to attend. According to a Rappler report, its health reporter...

Court Summons Tech Firms Over Cyber-attacks

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Quezon City Regional Trial Court served a summons on 11 April 2019 to two tech firms facing a civil complaint filed by alternative media groups critical of the Duterte regime over cyber-attacks against their websites. Alternative media organizations Bulatlat, Kodao Productions and Pinoy Weekly as well...

Rappler CEO Arrested on Anti-Dummy Law Charge

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – Rappler CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa was arrested early morning today, 29 March 2019, on charges of violating the Philippine Anti-Dummy Law. She posted bail and was ordered released by a Pasig court past noon. The Anti-Dummy Law penalizes any individual or corporation that circumvents...

Alternative Media Groups File Raps vs Cyber-Attackers

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Alternative media outfits Bulatlat, Kodao Productions and Pinoy Weeky as well as alternative media network Altermidya filed a civil case today, 29 March 2019 at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court, against IP Converge Data Services Inc. and Suniway Group of Companies for the cyber-attacks on their...

Rappler Correspondent Barred from PDP-Laban Rally

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A correspondent of online news site Rappler was made to leave the premises of a university in Cagayan de Oro where President Rodrigo Duterte led a campaign rally of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino –Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) on 24 March 2019. Cagayan de Oro is 1408 kilometers...

2 Broadcasters Convicted of Online Libel in Cotabato

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two radio broadcasters in Kidapawan City were convicted of online libel Friday, 22 March 2019 on charges filed by North Cotabato Governor Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza. Kidapawan City is 1,605 kilometers south of Manila. Broadcasters Eric Rodinas, anchor of Radyo Natin and Larry Baja Subillaga Jr., a freelance...

Court Resets Arraignment of Rappler CEO, Former Researcher

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — The arraignment of online news site Rappler CEO and editor Maria Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos has been reset to 12 April 2019 to give Manila RTC Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Mendoza enough time to decide their Motion to Quash dated 26 February 2019. Ressa and...

Cagayan de Oro Journalist “Red” tagged

CMFR/PHILIPPINES- A Mindanao-based journalist was accused of being a member of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on 22 February 2019. Although the CPP is not illegal, mere allegations of membership in it have often led to being charged with ordinary crimes like illegal possession of firearms, murder...

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