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Councilor includes journalists in libel complaint against fellow politician

CMFR/Philippines – A councilor in Cagayan de Oro City filed a libel complaint on 2 July 2014 against a fellow city councilor, but included the editor-in-chief and the reporters of the newspaper that published the allegedly libelous remarks. Meanwhile, the Court of Appeals in Manila dismissed a four-year old...

Newspaper reporter sues radio reporter for libel, cyber-bullying

CMFR/Philippines – A radio anchor in Malolos City, Bulacan province, will be arraigned on 22 July 2014, after a newspaper correspondent filed a libel charge against him on 17 January 2014. Malolos is approximately 40 kilometers north of Metro Manila. Carmela Reyes-Estrope, owner and editor-in-chief of NEWS CORE weekly...

Publishers acquitted, libel charges dismissed

CMFR/Philippines – A court in Cagayan de Oro City acquitted a newspaper publisher from a libel charge last 28 April 2014. Meanwhile, in Metro Manila, the Court of Appeal (CA) dismissed a libel case against another publisher on 7 July 2014. Branch 21 of the Cagayan de Oro Regional...

Government official: stop the criticisms or face libel

CMFR/Philippines – Cebu’s provincial legal officer and head of the province’s Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) threatened during a press conference to file a libel complaint against a journalist last 30 June 2014 if the journalist does not stop “attacking” him and his family. Cebu City is approximately 1,100...

International Crisis

Egyptian court convicts journalists for covering protests An Egyptian court sentenced on 23 June 2014 three Al Jazeera journalists–Australian Peter Geste, Cairo bureau chief Canadian-Egyptian Mohamad Fahmy and producer Baher Mohamed–to prison terms of between seven to ten years for allegedly conspiring with the rebel group Muslim Brotherhood. Three...

Arrest warrant still out for TV broadcaster accused of libel

CMFR/Philippines – A warrant of arrest is still out for one of two broadcasters accused of libel. Branch 92 of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court in Manila issued the warrant on 23 June 2014 against TV broadcasters Raffy and Erwin Tulfo. A police officer who said the Tulfos...

City prosecutor reverses dismissal of libel charges against newspaper

CMFR/Philippines – The city prosecutor’s office of Pasig City, Metro Manila, has reversed the dismissal of libel charges against a weekly newspaper based in Dagupan City, Pangasinan. Dagupan is some 200 kilometers north of Metro Manila. A resolution of the Pasig City Prosecutor’s Office dated 28 April 2014 granted...

Radio blocktimer survives shooting

CMFR/Philippines – A retired police officer shot at a radio blocktimer last 28 March 2014 in San Jose town, Occidental Mindoro province, according to town police sources. The suspect allegedly works as a security guard for the town mayor the blocktimer had criticized in his radio program. San Jose...

International Crisis

Martial law in Thailand targets media The military in Thailand has issued orders limiting the content of news media outlets, closed down 14 television stations and an unspecified number of “unlicensed” community radio stations, and requested internet service providers to suspend people’s access to services that can “incite violence.”...

CMFR STATEMENT: Philippine Day of Mourning

WORLD PRESS Freedom Day has for many years been an occasion for mourning rather than celebration in the Philippines, where, since 1986, 140 journalists and media workers have been killed for their work, among them the 32 killed on November 23, 2009 in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province. This year’s...

Councilor includes journalists in libel complaint against fellow politician

Newspaper reporter sues radio reporter for libel, cyber-bullying

Publishers acquitted, libel charges dismissed

Government official: stop the criticisms or face libel

International Crisis

Arrest warrant still out for TV broadcaster accused of libel

City prosecutor reverses dismissal of libel charges against newspaper

Radio blocktimer survives shooting

International Crisis

CMFR STATEMENT: Philippine Day of Mourning

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