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Tarlac-based journalists received death threats over corruption stories

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Three journalists said they received death threats after reporting alleged corruption in the construction of an expressway in Tarlac. Tarlac is a province approximately 107 kilometers from Manila. In a letter to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines last 9 February 2011, George Hubierna, Nelson...

Police officer denies access to broadcaster

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – An intelligence officer of the Philippine National Police (PNP) allegedly prevented a radio broadcaster in Quezon province last 05 January 2011 from covering a story following the arrest of alleged members of the New People’s Army. Quezon is approximately 100 kilometers from Manila. Senior Supt. Ramon Balauag...

Regional fora, meetings mark CMFR commemoration of Ampatuan Massacre Anniversary

The Manila-based Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) is holding “The Journalism Asia Forum 2010 (JAF) – Impunity and Press Freedom” on November 23 to mark the first year anniversary of the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) massacre, in which fifty-eight people including 32 journalists and media workers were murdered in...

Reporter warned of possible threat

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local TV reporter received a warning from a concerned citizen of a possible threat to one of two TV news crews covering the Barangay (village) and Sangguniang Kabataan (youth council) elections in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur. Lanao del Sur is a province approximately 818 kilometers...

Reporter fears his being surveilled could be connected to massacre

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A journalist in General Santos City claims that unidentified men have been watching his house. General Santos City is a chartered city in the southernmost Philippine island of Mindanao. It is approximately 1,049 kilometers south of Manila. Aquiles Zonio, a correspondent of the Manila newspaper Philippine Daily...

Broadcaster threatened over illegal gambling report

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster received death threats on his mobile phone after reporting on illegal gambling in Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental. Misamis Oriental is a province approximately 789 kilometers south of Manila. Manny Agustero, a broadcaster at dxIF-Bombo Radyo, received in the evening of 20 October...

Broadcasters claim local official threatened them

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local official of Porac town, Pampanga allegedly threatened journalists over a story involving his business deals. Porac town is approximately 70.32 kilometers north of Manila. DwGV Radyo Centro broadcasters Arnel Panganiban and Gary Bernardo were attending the opening of a convenience store in Subic, Zambales on...

Housing mogul allegedly threatened correspondent

A HOUSING mogul allegedly threatened a Pampanga-based correspondent after she reported on his company’s alleged illegal housing scheme. Pampanga is a province approximately 56 kilometers north of Manila. Philippine Daily Inquirer senior correspondent for Central Luzon, Tonette Orejas, reported to several media organizations an alleged threat by Globe Asiatique...

Volunteer reporter survives attack

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Local police has formed a task force to look into the possible motives in the attempted murder of a “volunteer reporter” in Nabua, Camarines Sur last 9 July 2010. The victim, Miguel “Mike” Belen, survived seven bullet wounds inflicted by unidentified men on his way home last...

Two journalists attacked after filing complaint against politician

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two journalists from Cagayan de Oro survived an attack a few days after they filed a complaint against a local politician for allegedly mauling them a day before the May 10 elections. Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental is approximately 789.04 km from Manila. The two journalists,...