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Radio anchor acquitted of libel

CMFR/Philippines – A court in San Jose town, Occidental Mindoro province, acquitted a radio anchor of a libel charge on 2 June 2014. San Jose is about 400 kilometers south of Metro Manila. Branch 46 of the San Jose Regional Trial Court acquitted radio anchor Alex del Valle of one count...

Understanding the rule of law (Updated)

CHEERS TO Rappler.com’s Patricia Evangelista for challenging the truth of a claim in Ramon Tulfo’s May 24 column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer and for providing the much needed context on extrajudicial killings in Southern Philippines.

City prosecutor reverses dismissal of libel charges against newspaper

CMFR/Philippines – The city prosecutor’s office of Pasig City, Metro Manila, has reversed the dismissal of libel charges against a weekly newspaper based in Dagupan City, Pangasinan. Dagupan is some 200 kilometers north of Metro Manila. A resolution of the Pasig City Prosecutor’s Office dated 28 April 2014 granted...

Radio blocktimer survives shooting

CMFR/Philippines – A retired police officer shot at a radio blocktimer last 28 March 2014 in San Jose town, Occidental Mindoro province, according to town police sources. The suspect allegedly works as a security guard for the town mayor the blocktimer had criticized in his radio program. San Jose...

International Crisis

Martial law in Thailand targets media The military in Thailand has issued orders limiting the content of news media outlets, closed down 14 television stations and an unspecified number of “unlicensed” community radio stations, and requested internet service providers to suspend people’s access to services that can “incite violence.”...

Radio blocktimer killed; 28th since 2009 Ampatuan Massacre

CMFR/Philippines – A radio blocktimer was shot dead by an unidentified shooter in Digos City, Davao del Sur province, on 23 May 2013. The incident occurred on the 54th month since the 2009 Ampatuan Massacre, in which 32 journalists and media workers were killed in an election-related incident. Digos...

Senate committee looks into killing of journalists

CMFR/Philippines – A senate committee held a hearing on 20 May 2014 to discuss with stake holders the continuing killing of journalists and media workers in the country. Sen. Grace Poe, chair of the senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, suggested the establishment of a direct line...

Death squad responsible for killing of radio blocktimer — Human Rights Watch

CMFR/Philippines – A report from the Human Rights Watch (HRW) released on 21 May 2014 said members of the “Tagum Death Squad” (TDS) were responsible for the killing of radio blocktimer Rogelio “Tata” Butalid in December 2013. Human Rights Watch is an international organization that monitors human rights compliance...

Advocates launch online petition to pass FOI bill

Members of the Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN) launched an online signature campaign addressed to the Aquino administration to pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. The campaign began on May 14 and will end a week before the President’s State of the Nation Address in July...

Radio broadcaster shot dead a day after World Press Freedom Day

CMFR/Philippines – A radio broadcaster was shot dead in Bongao town, Tawi-Tawi province on 4 May 2014, a day after World Press Freedom Day. Police are still investigating the motive behind the killing. Richard “DJ Troy” Nadjid was on his way home from a basketball game Sunday night when...