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Two wanted for murder of columnists

CMFR/Philippines – The police have formally charged two suspects for the 30 July 2013 murder of two tabloid columnists in Quezon City, Manila. The suspects have yet to be arrested. The police have not concluded that the victims were killed for their work. But the family members of one...

Continuing threats against TV broadcaster turn personal (UPDATED)

CMFR/Philippines – The most recent threats sent on 9 August 2013 to a television broadcaster in Manila have gone personal. The threats are linked to a report she made on a tax evasion case filed by the Philippine government against a lawyer of the Ampatuan clan who reportedly bought...

Police officer attacks journalists covering protest

CMFR/Philippines – A police officer allegedly attacked a journalist from an online newspaper and his colleague, and damaged cameras and other equipment during the dispersal of protesters along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City, Manila, during President Benigno S. Aquino III’s fourth State of the Nation Address last 22 July...

Threats continue against national TV broadcaster

CMFR/Philippines – A television broadcaster in Manila continued to receive threatening text messages, most recently on 2 August 2013. The threats are linked to a report she made on a tax evasion case filed by the Philippine government against a lawyer of the Ampatuan clan who reportedly bought property...

Another journalist shot dead in the Philippines; 16th in Aquino administration

CMFR/Philippines – Another journalist was shot dead in General Santos City in the province of South Cotabato yesterday, 1 August 2013. An unidentified gunman entered the home of photojournalist Mario Sy at around 8:30 p.m. and shot him twice, according to the police. If his killing was work-related, Sy...

Two columnists shot dead in Manila

CMFR/Philippines – Two newspaper columnists were shot dead on 30 July 2013 in Quezon City in the National Capital Region (NCR). The daughter of one of the slain said that the killing might be work-related, in a rare case of Manila-based journalists being killed. Most of the 131 journalists...

TV broadcaster receives more threatening texts after airing Ampatuan-related report

CMFR/Philippines – A television broadcaster in Manila received more threatening text messages last 27 and 29 July 2013 after receiving threats via SMS last July 24. The messages were sent in connection with the broadcaster’s report on a tax evasion case filed against the lawyer of one of...

Safety tips for journalists under threat

Journalists should not be cowed by such threats, but they must take steps to protect themselves.

TV broadcaster receives threatening text message

CMFR/Philippines – A television news broadcaster in Manila tweeted a screen grab of a threatening text message she received after she aired a report last 24 July 2013. The report was about a tax evasion case against a lawyer of one of the Ampatuans who reportedly bought property owned...

Seven broadcasters facing libel suit

CMFR/Philippines – Five broadcasters and two radio station owners in Camarines Norte province filed counter-affidavits last 4 June 2013 in response to a libel case filed against them by the province’s governor, who claims a comment aired over two radio stations last 2 April 2013 implied that he “paid...