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Journalist Says He was Threatened by Regional PIA Director

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Butuan-based journalist said he was threatened by a Regional Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Director following an altercation between the two on 24 July 2016. Butuan City is 1,208 kilometers south of Manila. Ben Serrano reported to CMFR allegedly continuous threats from PIA Caraga Regional Director...

PDEA Agents Harass TV Reporter

Members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 6 allegedly harassed a reporter from a state-run television channel while she was covering a drug buy-bust operation on July 26 in Iloilo City. Iloilo City is 660 kilometers south of Manila. Rena Manubag Dago-on of IBC TV 13 was...

PCIJ Websites Attacked

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Manila-based Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) reported an attack on its websites — www.pcij.org and www.pcij.org/blog. CMFR confirmed the incident with PCIJ executive director Malou Mangahas. PCIJ on its Facebook page said “A phrase with explicit curse and threat has been written by the...

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,...