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Inquirer.net Removes Columnist’s Opinion Pieces (UPDATED)

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – Online news site Inquirer.net has taken down the 2014 articles of its US-based columnist Rodel Rodis implicating Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III in the alleged cover-up of the rape of the late 1980s actress Pepsi Paloma who accused his brother, comedian Vic Sotto, and two others...

Davao del Norte Publisher Killed in Shooting Incident

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The publisher of a weekly local newspaper was shot dead on 07 June 2018 by unidentified assailants in Panabo City, Davao del Norte. Davao del Norte is 1,470 km south of Manila. Dennis Denora, publisher of Trends and Time and a resident of Brgy. New Pandan...

Volunteer Reporter Slain in Zamboanga del Sur Shooting

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A local radio broadcaster and volunteer reporter was killed in a shooting incident in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on 12 May 2018. Zamboanga del Sur is 1167 kilometers south of Manila. Carlos Matas, the victim, hosted Zambo News Patrol in dxCA Bell FM and dxBZ Radyo...

Pattern of Restrictions Signals Crackdown on PH Press

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) reported a “growing animosity towards journalists” encouraged by political leaders in its annual world press freedom index released on April 25. The Philippines is no exception to this observation, as President Duterte, on numerous public occasions, has hurled verbal abuse at...

SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER, KEEP POWER IN CHECK!

World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2018 Manila, Philippines A Report by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Philippine Press Institute (PPI), and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) RODRIGO R. Duterte’s presidency has altered and controlled the...

Dumaguete Radio Anchor Dies a Day after Attack

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A local radio broadcaster in Dumaguete City died a day after an unidentified gunman shot him on April 30. The first case of journalist killing in 2018 happened few days before the May 3 World Press Freedom Day. Dumaguete City is 934 kilometers south of Manila....

Witness Identifies Suspect in Killing of Surigao Broadcaster

CMFR/PHILIPPINES- A witness has identified a suspect in the killing of radio broadcaster Christopher Lozada, who was gunned down in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur on 24 October 2017. (See:”Radio Broadcaster Shot Dead in Surigao del Sur“) In a Palace press briefing last March 12, Joel Egco,...

Radio Anchor Mauled in Negros Occidental

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two men injured a local radio anchor in Talisay, Negros Occidental on 16 February 2018. On February 27, the victim filed a complaint against one of the suspects with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Negros Occidental is 783 kilometers south of Manila. It was around...

Rappler Banned from Covering President Duterte

CMFR/Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has barred online news site Rappler and its Malacañang Palace (the Philippine president’s office and residence) reporter from covering him, a Palace official said on February 20. According to a Rappler report, Malacañang’s Internal House Affairs Office (IHAO) head Jhopee Avanceña sent reporter Pia...

Police Surveys Reporters as part of PNP Policy

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Members of the press experienced surveillance as a part of a Philippine National Police policy for media accreditation to the PNP Press Corps. On January 24, The Manila Times reporter Roy Narra received a phone call from a man who was allegedly part of the PNP but...