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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...

Journalist shot, wounded in Northern Philippines

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A journalist and human rights activist the military has tagged as a supporter of the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), was shot and wounded by still unidentified assailants on Tuesday, 6 August 2019 in Lagawe, Ifugao province....

Bacolod journalist harassed

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – In another likely incident of intimidation and harassment, a Bacolod-based journalist covering the spate of killings in Negros Oriental province was tailed by a still unidentified person on a motorcycle on 4 August 2019. The incident happened in Negros Occidental. Negros Occidental is 530 kilometers south of...

Radio Broadcaster Shot Dead in North Cotabato

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A news anchor and former station manager of dxKE 97.5 Brigada News FM was shot dead in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato 10 July 2019. Kidapawan is 1583 kilometers south of Manila. DxKE anchor Eduardo Dizon was driving along Maharlika Highway on his way home from the broadcast...

Unidentified Man Fires Shots at Bombo Radyo Station

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – An unidentified man aboard a red pick-up truck fired shots at the Bombo Radyo station in General Santos City on 3 July 2019. General Santos City in South Cotabato is 1626 kilometers south of Manila. According to a report in DxES Bombo Radyo Gensan website, its security...

Former Government TV Cameraman Gunned Down

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Unidentified man riding a motorcycle shot and killed a former cameraman of the government television network in Tagum City on 1 July 2019. Tagum City in Davao del Norte is 1433 kilometers south of Manila. Former PTV News cameraman Reymund Faciol was about to enter the gate...

Armed Man Threatens Journalists in Bulacan

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A group of journalists was reportedly threatened by a lone gunman in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan on 21 June 2019. Bulacan is 42 km north of Manila. Philippine Daily Inquirer Bulacan correspondent Carmela Reyes-Estrope said she and four other journalists were riding in a Mitsubishi Adventure...

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