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Broadcaster files for leave of absence following church controversy, attacks on café (UPDATED)

CMFR/Philippines – Citing “conflict of interest” due to the on-going controversy surrounding the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), ABS-CBN 2 broadcaster Anthony Taberna filed for a leave of absence and announced the decision on his Instagram account last Sunday, 30 August 2015.

Suspect in killing of radio broadcaster in Surigao del Sur arrested after six years

MEMBERS OF the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested on 18 August 2015 the suspect in the killing of a provincial radio broadcaster in Caloocan City, Metro Manila.

Second journalist killed in a week

Another media practitioner was shot dead in the province of Sorsogon on 19 August 2015, a day after the killing of a newspaper publisher in the southern Philippine city of Tagum, Davao del Norte.

Press club president killed in Tagum City; 148th murder since 1986 if work-related (UPDATED)

CMFR/Philippines – The president of the Davao del Norte Press and Radio-TV Club (DNPRC) was shot by an unidentified man and later died in hospital in Tagum City, Davao del Norte on 18 August 2015. Davao del Norte is 1489.61 kilometers south of Manila.

R2KRN STATEMENT: FOI bill is dead, FOI practice lives

THE FOI Bill is dead. We put the blame squarely on President Aquino and the leadership of the House of Representatives.

Freelance journo harassed, threatened (UPDATED)

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – A freelance journalist told CMFR that she has been threatened and harassed for over a year for reasons that she suspects are work-related.

SONA protesters detain Zambo-based journalist

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – Protesters detained Zamboanga-based journalist during the President's State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 27.

R2KRN STATEMENT: Speaker’s support for FOI mere lip service

AT AROUND the time that the Senate approved the FOI bill on Third Reading in March 2014, House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte boldly proclaimed: “Ang ipinangako ko talaga is during the 16th Congress. Bitayin ninyo ako kung matapos ito at hindi pa nakakapasa.”

Anti-communist group threatens journalists via SMS

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – A self-proclaimed anti-communist group allegedly threatened via text message several journalists in Davao and Cagayan de Oro when they failed to cover a press conference hosted by the former.

You can get shot for that, official tells reporter

CMFR/PHILIPPINES –An official of a government agency in Cagayan de Oro City told a reporter here that journalists pursuing stories based on “unverified complaints” can get shot.