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Police question radio reporters; army spokesperson accuses radio station of siding with rebels

CMFR/Philippines – Instead of allowing two radio reporters to look at police blotter reports collected from different police stations, police officers questioned the reporters on 8 April 2014 in Tagum City, Davao del Norte province. This was after an army spokesperson tagged the radio station the reporters work for...

Broadcaster files libel suit vs newspaper reporter, editors

CMFR/Philippines – A broadcast journalist filed on March 24 a libel complaint against a reporter and the editors of a broadsheet that published a news report that named him as one of three broadcasters who were said to have received bribes from a state-owned corporation that was allegedly used...

International Crisis

Media executives attacked in Hong Kong; second incident in a month Four masked men attacked two media executives on 19 March 2014 in Hong Kong. It was the second attack in a month in the city, after a former editor was attacked with a cleaver on 26 February 2014....

Radio broadcaster gets death threats

CMFR/Philippines – A radio broadcaster in Kalibo town, the capital of Aklan province, has been receiving threatening text messages since February 2014 when he began criticizing the town mayor for alleged corruption. Kalibo in the Visayas group of islands is some 400 kilometers south of Manila. Jodel Rentillo said...

Editor charged with libel for publishing ad

CMFR/Philippines – A newspaper editor in Cagayan de Oro City has been charged with criminal libel for publishing allegedly libelous advertisements in 2012. He posted bail on 25 February 2014 before receiving an arrest warrant the next day. Cagayan de Oro City is some 1,400 kilometers south of Manila....

Suspect in shooting of radio reporter shot dead (UPDATED)

In a memorandum forwarded to CMFR dated 10 February 2013, the Office of the Chief Philippine National Police (OCPNP) said that police officer Rex delos Reyes, the primary suspect in the shooting of dyOK Aksyon Radyo Iloilo reporter Jonavin "Jhey-r" Villalba was gunned down in Barangay (Village) Miranda, Hinigaran...

Journalist threatened over illegal mining report

CMFR/Philippines – A journalist said the mayor of Gonzaga town in the coast of Cagayan province threatened him over the phone on 20 February 2014 for reporting the persistence of illegal black sand mining in the area. The mayor has denied making the threat, and said he only warned the...

Policeman mauls photojournalist during protest dispersal

CMFR/Philippines – A policeman allegedly mauled a photojournalist after the dispersal of protesters in Davao City on 13 February 2013. The Davao City mayor said he would investigate the matter after the journalists’ union condemned the incident. Davao City is some 1,500 kilometers south of Manila. Photojournalist Barry Ohaylan...

Radio reporter still under threat years after surviving slay attempt

CMFR/Philippines – A radio reporter in Bukidnon province has been receiving threatening text messages and said a suspicious man on an unregistered motorbike came looking for him at his home in Valencia City on 17 January 2014. The reporter survived a slay attempt almost ten years earlier, on 12...

Reporter barred from covering city council meeting

CMFR/Philippines – A reporter in Lipa City in the province of Batangas was barred from covering a city council meeting on 13 January 2014. His stories on the city government’s finances and its handling of illegal vendors might have irked city government officials, the reporter said. Lipa City in...