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Blocktimer Survives Ambush

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two weeks after two men on a motorcycle wounded a broadcaster and his 12-year old son in Surigao City on 30 June 2016, a Surigao del Sur blocktimer survived a slay attempt by unidentified men who fired at his vehicle on July 14 in Bislig City,...

Censorship by the Gun

First published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Talk of the Town on July 10, 2016 IN RESPONSE to a question raised during one of his press conferences in June about the killing of journalists, then President-elect Rodrigo Duterte echoed a recurring narrative in the public mind: the belief...

Public Service Broadcasting: Will It Work in the Philippines?

THE NEW administration has well demonstrated its political will in certain aspects of governance. The public continues to support its initiatives. This same determination is about to transform government media and communication agencies, according to the new Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. In an interview in ABS-CBN News Channel’s (ANC)...

Surigao City Broadcaster Receives Death Threats

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Three days before unidentified men shot a radio anchor and his 12-year-old son in Surigao City, a radio broadcaster received death threats after reporting the “rampant” operations of illegal slot machines in the same city. Surigao City is 1095 kilometers south of Manila. A man went...

Broadcaster Survives Slay Attempt in Surigao City

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two men on a motorcycle wounded a broadcaster and his 12-year old son in Surigao City on 30 June 2016. Surigao City is 1095 kilometers south of Manila. DxRS-Radio Mindanao Network’s (RMN) broadcaster Saturnino “Jan” Estanio and his son, a grade six student, were unloading goods...

Police Officer Convicted for 2010 Murder of Broadcaster

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Davao City court convicted of murder with treachery last 27 June 2016 a police officer accused of the killing of broadcaster Desiderio Camangyan. Branch 10 Judge Retrina Fuentes of the Regional Trial Court of Davao City sentenced Dennis Lumikid to the penalty of reclusion perpetua...

Blocktimer’s House Riddled with Bullets in Davao del Sur

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Unidentified men fired at the house of a local radio blocktimer in Digos City, Davao del Sur on 24 June 2016. Davao del Sur is 1533.29 km kilometers south of Manila. Armed men fired shots at the residence of blocktimer Marlan Malnegro in Tres de Mayo,...

Congressional Franchises as a Weapon to Control a Free Press

DURING THE last campaign, quite a number of supporters of now President-elect Rodrigo Duterte complained about the bias of the Philippine press against him. They particularly singled out ABS-CBN 2, the largest network, for reports that consistently showed him in a negative light. It has not helped that Duterte...

Facebook Takedown: Social Media Censorship?

PRESIDENT-ELECT Rodrigo Duterte and his camp have been roundly praised for their adept social-media strategy during the campaign. He rose to the presidency, it is said, on the back of social media, whose power his team harnessed in unprecedented and highly effective ways. Perhaps it does not come...

Protecting Journalists, Protecting Democracy

CMFR TAKES exception to President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s statement, made during his May 31st press conference in Davao City, that most of the journalists who have been killed in the Philippines for their work were slain because they’re corrupt. While corruption is undoubtedly a continuing problem in the press...