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TV News Team Ambushed in Marawi City

CMFR/ Philippines – Four unidentified men on two motorcycles ambushed a television news team in Marawi City on December 26. Marawi City is 1497 kilometers south of Manila. No one in the team was hurt.

Militia Leader Threatens to Ambush Journalists in Mindanao

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – A leader of an anti-communist militia group implicated in the killing of several members of an indigenous people's community in Mindanao allegedly threatened to ambush Mindanao-based journalists who would cover the 47th anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on December 26.

TV Broadcaster Threatened

CMFR/Philippines – A television news broadcaster in Pampanga received a death threat through text messages last November 11, 2015.

Men in Break-in Try Identified

CMFR/ Philippines -- Two of the armed men who tried to break into Aksyon Radyo station in Iloilo City and took one of the station's close circuit television (CCTV) cameras on November 19 have been identified. Iloilo city is 600 kilometers south of Manila.

Police officer mauls, arrests radio reporter

CMFR/ Philippines – A senior police officer allegedly mauled and arrested a radio reporter on November 10 in a police station in Marikina City, Metro Manila. The police officer has been relieved from his post pending an investigation.

Radio correspondent shot dead in QC; 150th killing of journalist since 1986 if work-related

CMFR/ Philippines – Two days before the commemoration of the International Day to End Impunity on November 2, an unidentified assailant shot dead a radio correspondent in front of a fast food restaurant in Brgy. Kaligayahan, Quezon City, Metro Manila on October 31.

Protesters interrogate Iloilo-based photojournalist

CMFR/ Philippines – A group of protesters allegedly held and interrogated a photojournalist covering their protest along Iloilo Circumferential Road 1 on October 4, 2015.

Local radio and TV owner-broadcaster charged with libel

A FORMER Digos city mayor filed more than 225 counts of criminal libel against an owner and broadcaster of a local radio and television station in Digos City, Davao del Sur province. The radio and television stations were also ordered to cease operations on 16 September 2015 following a...

Alleged masterminds in Palawan broadcaster slay arrested in Thailand

The two Alleged masterminds in the killing of Palawan broadcaster Gerry Ortega in 2011 were arrested in Thailand Sunday, September 20.

Alternative press reporter harassed, tagged as “leftist”

The lawyer of an Army sergeant accused of serious illegal detention and kidnapping allegedly harassed and tagged as “leftist” a journalist from the alternative media organization Bulatlat.com outside a regional trial court in Malolos, Bulacan on September 16.