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Radio station manager injured in shooting attack

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio station manager was shot and critically wounded by unidentified assailants in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat on Wednesday, 30 October 2019. Tacurong City is 971.84 kilometers south of Manila. Benjie Abdul Caballero, station manager of Radyo ni Juan, was shot while he was in front of...

Tabloid columnist, companion shot dead in Pampanga

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – A tabloid columnist was shot dead in Arayat town, Pampanga on 20 October 2019. Arayat is 67 kilometers north of Manila. According to the police report, Jupiter Gonzales, a columnist for the Manila-based tabloid Remate and a member of the National Press Club, was driving his...

Citing violation of due process, Pasig court remands Rappler securities case to prosecutor

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Citing violation of the right of the accused to due process, a Pasig court has ordered the reinvestigation of a criminal case against executives of online news site Rappler for alleged violation of the Securities Regulation Code (SRC). This case is related to the Securities and Exchange...

Broadcaster shot at in Tagum City ambush

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A broadcaster who is also Davao del Norte’s provincial information officer was shot at and hurt in an ambush by unidentified gunmen on 11 October 2019 in Tagum City. Tagum City is 1,433 kilometers south of Manila. Pat Lucero Pacquiao is the owner and station manager of...

CLTV president “red-tagged” in school forum

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The president and general manager of a regional TV station was accused of being a communist in a school forum in Bacolor, Pampanga on 17 September 2019. Bacolor is 57.83 kilometers north of Manila. Sonia P. Soto of San Fernando-based Central Luzon TV (CLTV) 36 was identified...

Copies of alternative magazine burned

CMFR PHILIPPINES – Copies of alternative news magazine Pinoy Weekly were burned in Pandi, Bulacan, on Thursday, 5 September 2019, when a pro-government group reportedly ransacked the office of the urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) in this province. Bulacan is 43.1 kilometers north of Manila. In...

Alternative media groups submit evidence of cyber-attacks

CMFR PHILIPPINES – Several alternative media organizations submitted before a Quezon City court on Monday, 9 September 2019 evidence against two IT firms allegedly responsible for a series of cyber-attacks against their websites. Assisted by the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL), the group submitted at least 3,500 pages...

Tabloid group’s printing press set on fire

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – A leading Filipino tabloid group’s printing press in Paranaque City, Metro Manila was attacked by arsonists in the early hours of 9 September 2019. One of the security personnel of the Abante News Group told investigators that past 1 a.m. of September 9, four masked individuals...

“Red-tagging” continues in Cagayan de Oro

CMFR / PHILIPPINES – Two Cagayan de Oro City-based journalists are among the personalities and organizations targeted anew in the anti-communist propaganda of unknown perpetrators last 28 August 2019. Cagayan de Oro City is 789.64 kilometers south of Manila. Courier packets containing materials which “red-tagged” local journalists Leonardo Vicente...

Former Radyo Lumad station manager thwarts warrantless arrest

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A former station manager of the now-defunct Radyo Lumad thwarted attempts by government soldiers to take her into custody without a warrant. On 3 August 2019, members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) 1st Special Forces Battalion “invited” Kristin Lim to go with them to...