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Anonymous text message alleges plan to kill journalist

Two journalists in Kidapawan City in the province of Cotabato received a text message last 13 January 2013 from an unknown sender alleging a politician’s plot to kill another journalist. Kidapawan City is about 1,500 kilometers south of Manila.

Cebu opinion column disappears, suspended gov eyed

A DAILY newspaper and a tabloid in the province of Cebu started the new year without a long-running opinion column. The city’s suspended governor, a relative of the publishers, denies allegations she was behind the column’s suspension.

Libel complaint against editor, media researcher dismissed (UPDATED)

A prosecutor dismissed a libel complaint filed by a physician against the online news editor and the head of research of a Manila-based media network for insufficiency of evidence. Libel is a criminal offense in the Philippines.

Legislative attempts to curtail free expressionTRO stops RA 10175 implementation

THE MOST contentious law so far affecting online expression as well as print and broadcast media was signed into law at the end of the third quarter of 2012. But implementation of the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (Republic Act 10175), which would have limited free expression on...

Publisher lodges complaint vs local government employee

A publisher-editor and his driver-messenger in Malolos City claimed they were manhandled by local government employees in two separate incidents in January 2013.

FM radio blocktimer is first media practitioner killed in 2013

A city councilor who is also a radio blocktimer was shot dead by a lone gunman in an apparent ambush in San Pablo City in the province of Laguna on 2 January 2013. San Pablo City is approximately 84 kilometers south of Metro Manila.

UPDATED: State of press freedomAttacks and threats in 2012

THE FAILURE of the Benigno Aquino III administration to stop the killing of journalists and to speed up the prosecution of cases in court has disappointed journalists, press freedom defenders—and those who have been demanding justice for their slain kin.

FOI: foiled again

AS THE 15th Congress prepared to adjourn on Dec. 22 for the year-end holidays, the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill remains stalled in the legislative process.

Court grants petition of alleged mastermind in Ortega slay (UPDATED)

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – As the press was commemorating the third year of the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre last 23 November 2012, the Court of Appeals in Manila was granting an alleged mastermind’s petition to nullify his reinvestigation in connection with the killing of broadcaster Gerardo Ortega. The Special Fifth Division of...

FOI Bill: Certify Urgent!

THE FREEDOM of Information bill (FOI) in the Senate and in the House of Representatives has advanced despite the odds, having passed the respective committees. FOI is now at a critical juncture, which will determine its passage in this 15thCongress.