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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...

CMFR STATEMENT: Philippine Day of Mourning

WORLD PRESS Freedom Day has for many years been an occasion for mourning rather than celebration in the Philippines, where, since 1986, 140 journalists and media workers have been killed for their work, among them the 32 killed on November 23, 2009 in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province. This year’s...

UPDATED: Aquino addresses impunity in the Philippines during Obama visit

CMFR/Philippines – The Aquino administration says it has created an inter-agency committee to look into extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations. President Benigno Aquino III made the announcement when a journalist asked him during the April 28 press conference held on the first day of US President Barack...

Police question radio reporters; army spokesperson accuses radio station of siding with rebels

CMFR/Philippines – Instead of allowing two radio reporters to look at police blotter reports collected from different police stations, police officers questioned the reporters on 8 April 2014 in Tagum City, Davao del Norte province. This was after an army spokesperson tagged the radio station the reporters work for...

Philippines still ranks 3rd in press freedom watchdog’s Impunity Index

CMFR/Philippines – The Philippines retained its third place ranking behind Iraq and Somalia in the 2014 Impunity Index released on 16 April 2014. Published by the New York-based organization Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Index noted that there are 51 unsolved murders of journalists in the Philippines from...

UPDATED: Tabloid reporter shot dead; 140th since 1986

CMFR/Philippines – A reporter for a Manila tabloid was shot at least four times inside her home and died in a hospital in Bacoor City, Cavite province on 6 April 2014. Her colleagues said a feud with a police officer was a possible motive for the killing. Bacoor is...