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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...

Radio host punched three times, sent three bullets the next day

CMFR/Philippines – The security officer of a governor threatened and physically assaulted a radio broadcaster last 11 July 2013 in Daet town, Camarines Norte province, some 300 kilometers southwest of Manila. The next day, July 12, the broadcaster received a white box containing a death threat and three bullets....

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...