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Suspect in 2019 killing of Ed Dizon arrested

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) gave an update on the 2019 killing of broadcaster Eduardo “Ed” Dizon on May 3, World Press Freedom Day last week, saying police had arrested Junelle Jane Andagkit Poten, a suspect, on May 2 in Barangay Saguing, Makilala, Cotabato...

STATE OF MEDIA FREEDOM IN THE PHILIPPINES 2024

CMFR and NUJP recorded around 135 incidents of attacks and threats against media workers from 1 July 2022 to 30 April 2024. This number exceeds the number of attacks and threats in the first 22 months of Duterte’s term.

Security guards confiscate equipment of photojournalist in Cavite

CMFR/PHILIPPINES -- Private guards confiscated the equipment of a photojournalist covering a land dispute in Barangay Tartaria, Silang Cavite on April 20, 2024. Cavite is located 68 kilometers south of Metro Manila.

Gov’t data used in doxxing of two Cagayan de Oro journos

MANILA – The Cagayan de Oro Press Club Inc. (COPC) expressed “deep concern” on Saturday, November 4, over the doxxing of two of its members.

Misamis Occidental broadcaster gunned down while on air

Armed men gunned down a radio anchor on Sunday, November 5, while broadcasting live at his home studio in Calamba town, Misamis Occidental, in the southern Philippines.

Rappler, Ressa acquitted of 5th tax evasion case

ON SEPTEMBER 12, Pasig City Regional Trial Court Branch 157 acquitted Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) and its president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa of the fifth tax evasion charge filed by the former administration of Rodrigo Duterte. The court victory ended after four years and 10 months...