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Suspect in shooting of radio commentator arrested

CMFR/Philippines – The police arrested on 27 August 2014 the alleged shooter of a radio commentator who had been shot and wounded a day earlier in Dagupan City. The suspect is the radio commentator’s neighbor and is also alleged to be a drug-pusher, the police said. Dagupan City in...

City official sues newspaper for libel over mining story

CMFR/Philippines – The entire editorial staff and a correspondent of a newspaper in Cagayan de Oro City are facing a libel complaint over a 29 July 2014 report on allegedly illegal black sand mining operations in San Simon, an outlying village in the city. A member of the city’s...

Radio commentator shot and wounded

CMFR/Philippines – An unidentified gunman shot and wounded a radio commentator in Dagupan City on 26 August 2014. The police said they have yet to determine the motive behind the incident, but the victim said his exposes on illegal drugs may have caused the shooting. Orlando “Orly” Navarro was...

Radio anchor sues newspaper for libel

CMFR/Philippines – A radio broadcaster filed a libel complaint against a national daily newspaper and two former government officials on 26 August 2014. The complaint stemmed from a March 2014 report that named the radio broadcaster as one of three broadcasters who were said to have received bribes from...

Updated: Journalist gets death threat over Ampatuan Massacre report

CMFR/Philippines – A journalist received threatening text messages on 12 August 2014 after reporting that some state and private prosecutors may have been bribed to fix the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre Trial in favor of the accused. “Why won’t you stop? Do you want to die?” said a text message...

Witness in killing of journalist shot dead; journalists mauled, threatened at gun point

CMFR/Philippines – Unidentified men shot dead an eye witness in the killing of a journalist in Digos City in 2010 on 31 July 2014 in Davao City. Meanwhile, a policeman and two others allegedly mauled a camera man and threatened other journalists in a Karaoke bar in Agusan del...

Councilor includes journalists in libel complaint against fellow politician

CMFR/Philippines – A councilor in Cagayan de Oro City filed a libel complaint on 2 July 2014 against a fellow city councilor, but included the editor-in-chief and the reporters of the newspaper that published the allegedly libelous remarks. Meanwhile, the Court of Appeals in Manila dismissed a four-year old...

Ukraine is most dangerous country for journalists worldwide; Philippines is sixth

Seven journalists were killed in Ukraine in the first half of 2014, making it the most dangerous country for journalists, according to a survey by the International News Safety Institute (INSI) released on 19 July 2014. This is the first time Ukraine has been so declared since...

Newspaper reporter sues radio reporter for libel, cyber-bullying

CMFR/Philippines – A radio anchor in Malolos City, Bulacan province, will be arraigned on 22 July 2014, after a newspaper correspondent filed a libel charge against him on 17 January 2014. Malolos is approximately 40 kilometers north of Metro Manila. Carmela Reyes-Estrope, owner and editor-in-chief of NEWS CORE weekly...

Publishers acquitted, libel charges dismissed

CMFR/Philippines – A court in Cagayan de Oro City acquitted a newspaper publisher from a libel charge last 28 April 2014. Meanwhile, in Metro Manila, the Court of Appeal (CA) dismissed a libel case against another publisher on 7 July 2014. Branch 21 of the Cagayan de Oro Regional...