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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...

Rappler’s Maria Ressa Posts Bail

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Rappler CEO and Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) President Maria Ressa posted bail on December 3, 2018 at Branch 265 of the Pasig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) in connection with charges that RHC violated the Tax Code. Judge Danilo Buemio of the Pasig City RTC issued...

CASE FILES: The 12 Journalists Killed Under the Duterte Administration

Surigao broadcaster first killed under Duterte administration JUST two weeks after President Rodrigo R. Duterte assumed office on June 30, 2016, newly-elected Surigao provincial board member and broadcaster Apolinario Suan Jr. became the first journalist to be murdered under his administration. Suan, a radio anchor at Real FM...

THE STATE OF PHILIPPINE MEDIA: Relentless Attacks And Threats Online, On Ground, Across the Nation

By the Freedom for Media, Freedom for All Network Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, Philippine Press Institute (PPI), MindaNews, and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) ATTACKS AND THREATS against the Philippine media — acute and creeping, online and...

DOJ indicts Maria Ressa, Rappler Holdings Co. for tax evasion

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has found probable cause to charge Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) with tax evasion over the sale of its Philippine Depositary Receipts (PDRs) to two foreign entities in 2015. Along with the company, its president Maria Ressa and its independent accountant Noel...

Police Ask Media for “Favorable Coverage”

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) and the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) visited some local news offices last week to ask for “favorable coverage” of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) drug campaign. Bacolod City is 709.5 kilometers from Manila. On October 3, four NOCPPO...