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Dipolog blocktimer arrested, house and radio station shot at (UPDATED)

UPDATE: On 28 May 2013, Dipolog’s Office of the City Prosecutor wrote to one of the signatories in International Freedom of Expression eXchange’s (IFEX) appeal, the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE), that after investigating, they have concluded that a police officer’s warrantless arrest of a radio blocktimer was...

Publisher shot and wounded; 2 men arrested

CMFR/Philippines – Three men on a motorbike shot and wounded a newspaper publisher near a waiting shed last 2 July 2013 in Santa Barbara town, Pangasinan province. Police arrested two of the suspects the next day, 3 July 2013. Initial police investigation said the motive appears to be a...

Radio station employee hurt in grenade attack

CMFR/Philippines – A grenade attack on a radio station in Maramag town in Bukidnon province last 26 June 2013 injured at least one individual, but could have been targeting the station’s program director. The attack “visibly damaged” the radio station, according to the police. Bukidnon province in Mindanao island...

Radio anchor accused of libel for interviewing candidate

CMFR/Philippines – The governor of Zamboanga del Sur province implicated a radio commentator in a libel case against a losing candidate for mayor, accusing the commentator of “using his radio program in airing (the losing candidate’s) libelous remarks” last 21 June 2013. Zamboanga del Sur province in Mindanao island...

Blocktimer shot and wounded

CMFR/Philippines – An unidentified gunman shot and wounded a radio blocktimer in the afternoon of 20 June 2013, in a parking lot near a mall in Cebu City. A blocktimer is an individual who buys “blocks” of radio or television time for a program he then asks individuals or...

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Village captain sues Cebu blocktimer for libel

CMFR/Philippines – A village chief in Barili town, Cebu province, sued a radio blocktimer for libel last 14 June 2013, two months after the latter allegedly made a libelous comment.

Court issues alias warrant vs. alleged masterminds in Esperat murder

A local court issued an alias warrant of arrest against the alleged masterminds in the March 2005 killing of journalist Marlene Esperat last 27 September 2012. An alias warrant is issued by a court when the original warrant is returned in ten days without being served. The...

Dipolog radio station and blocktimer’s house fired at; broadcaster recalls other threats

CMFR/Philippines – A blocktimer in Dipolog City who was arrested even before he was charged with libel on May 3, World Press Freedom Day, reported gunshots fired at his house last 31 May 2013. Gunshots were also heard at the radio station that used to air his program. The...

Radio correspondent in Masbate shot dead

CMFR/Philippines – A radio correspondent in the province of Masbate was shot dead inside his own store last 31 May 2013, Sunday morning. He was 49 years old.