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An Attack on One is an Attack on All

THE CENTER for Media Freedom and Responsibility condemns the arrest of Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa on cyber libel charges filed several years after the alleged offense was supposedly committed, and before the enactment of the Cyber Crime Prevention Act. The arrest was also made after office...

After Alternative News Sites, NUJP Website Also Attacked

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) website has been subjected to distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) since 8 February 2019. The attack made the NUJP website inaccessible several times. An NUJP report said that on February 8, its digital security partners found 426...

Cyber-attacks Hit Bulatlat Anew

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Cyber-attacks hit alternative news site Bulatlat.com starting 19 January 2019, bringing the website down for several days and forcing the media organization to move the website to a more secure host. On January 25, Bulatlat announced through social media that “a ‘crazy amount’ of attacks ha(s) been...

Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Journalists’ Civil Suit Against Government Officials

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Supreme Court of the Philippines affirmed the dismissal of a civil suit filed by journalists and media groups against government officials for press freedom violations during and in the aftermath of the November 2007 standoff between government forces and the Magdalo group at the Manila Peninsula...

Tabloids link NUJP to CPP-NPA-NDF

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Three Manila-based tabloids published similar banner stories on 7 January 2019 linking the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the New People’s Army (NPA), and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). The NUJP said it...

Surigao del Sur Radio Anchor Survives Slay Attempt

CMFR/PHILIPPINES- A radio broadcaster survived a slay attempt on 28 December 2018 in the municipality of Tago, Surigao del Sur. Surigao del Sur is 1,314 km south of Manila. Joel Salinas Pimentel, 49, anchor of the news-commentary program “Radyo Bandera News Afternoon Edition” of Radyo Bandera 100.7 News FM...

Radio Blocktimer Shot in Negros Oriental

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Unidentified men on a motorcycle shot and killed a radio blocktimer, who was running for councilor in 2019, in La Libertad, Negros Oriental on 28 December 2018. Negros Oriental is 595 kilometers south of Manila. Broadcaster Gabriel “Kumander Aguila” Alburo, was on a motorcycle heading home to...

Alternative News Sites Down in Cyber-attack

CMFR/PHILIPPINES - Three alternative media websites have been inaccessible since 26 December 2018 after they posted stories on the 50th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

Man with Explosives Apprehended Near GMA Network

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A man carrying homemade explosives was stopped by security guards in front of the GMA Annex Building along GMA Network Drive in Quezon City, noontime on Christmas day. A GMA News Online report said the suspect was found with Molotov bombs and was supposedly able to set...

Army Corporal Convicted of Frustrated Homicide of Blocktimer; Another Accused Acquitted

CMFR/Philippines – A court in Kabacan, North Cotabato found guilty an army corporal for the frustrated homicide of blocktime broadcaster Alberto Martinez in April 2005. However it acquitted the other accused for insufficiency of evidence. In a decision dated 21 November 2018, Branch 22 of the Regional Trial Court...