We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Nograles, the press freedom advocate? A staunch Arroyo ally at the House of Representatives has filed a bill proposing for the abolition of the penalty of imprisonment for libel but increasing the fines for the offense. According to Rep. Prospero Nograles (Lakas, 1st Dist., Davao City), author of House Bill 2802 , the proposed... A statement from journalists who have filed a class suit against the president’s husband, Mike Arroyo In view of Jose Miguel Arroyo’s announcement that he intends to withdraw all the libel suits he has brought against journalists (46 in all), the question is raised whether we might respond by withdrawing our own class suit against him. As it happens, this is not a case of... Resistance is the best defense against arbitrary power Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on Mike Arroyo’s withdrawal of his libel suits against 46 journalistsWorld Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2007 The decision of presidential spouse Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo to withdraw the 11 libel suits he had filed against 46 journalists is a... Presidential spouse Mike Arroyo drops all libel suits Presidential spouse Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo ordered his lawyers to withdraw all the libel suits he had filed against Filipino journalists as a “gesture of peace” on 3 May 2007. Read by press secretary Ignacio Bunye in a media briefing in Malacañang, Arroyo’s announcement coincided with the celebration of... Newspaper editors and publisher post bail for libel The publisher, along with seven editors of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, one of the Philippines’ major dailies, was detained for an hour at a Manila Police Station on 20 March 2007 after posting a libel bond of P50,000 (approx. $1,000). A Manila court issued had issued warrants for their... Five journalists post bail; editor released after a night in jail Four editors, including one who was arrested and spent a night in a police station, and a staff writer of a Philippine online magazine, posted P10, 500 ($210) bail bond each at the Pasig city police station on 8 March 2007 over a P100 million ($20,000) libel suit filed... President’s husband files another libel charge (UPDATED) Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, husband of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo sued seven staff members of the Manila-based broadsheet Philippine Daily Inquirer, including the publisher and several editors, and demanded P11 million ($220, 000) in damages last 20 February 2007. Libel is a criminal offense in the Philippines. The... Cebu photojourn’s killer gets death A Cebu judge ordered the death penalty for the convicted killer of Allan Dizon, a photojournalist who worked for The Freeman and Banat News last 19 January. Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 5 Judge Ireneo Lee Gako Jr. handed down the death sentence to Edgar Belandres, who was... Cebu journalist slay suspect identified Local police recently claimed they have traced the mastermind behind the killing of journalist George Benaojan in Talisay City, Cebu, 600 kilometers south of Manila. In a statement released to the media last 07 December, provincial director Vicente Loot bared that the local investigators have pinpointed the alleged brain... Cebu journalists face libel suit Five Cebu-based journalists are facing libel charges for publishing stories implicating a municipal mayor as the mastermind of the P94-million bank robbery in Bogo, northern part of Cebu. Sun.Star Cebu editor-in-chief Pachico Seares, managing editor for news Isolde Amante, news editor Maria Carmel Geverola and reporters Mia Abellana and... « Previous1…5678Next »
