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Media groups, journalists file 9th petition vs Cybercrime Prevention Act

TWENTY MEDIA organizations and more than 250 individuals, comprised mostly of journalists and media practitioners, filed the ninth petition with the Supreme Court (SC) against the Cybercrime Prevention Act, assailing some of its provisions as unconstitutional.

CMFR on Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012

What is the Cybercrime Law and why are media practitioners asking the Supreme Court to declare it unconstitutional?

Journalist assaulted by businessman

CMFR/ Philippines - An editor of a weekly newspaper was assaulted by a businessman and brother of a town mayor in the province of Sorsogon last 23 September 2012. Sorsogon is 373 kilometers south of Manila.

Why we need an FOI Act

IN 2008, I wrote about PCIJ’s experience in accessing documents on projects funded with official development assistance. I was just in my second month on the job at the time, and hearing stories from senior colleagues about the ways in which public offices dealt with requests for information made...

DOF gag order

FINANCE SECRETARY Cesar Purisima has issued a memo forbidding officials of the Department of Finance (DOF) from speaking to the press on matters not related to their duties as fiscal authorities.

Suspects in radio broadcaster’s murder charged

CMFR/ Philippines – Police have filed a murder case against two teenagers suspected of killing a radio broadcaster in Tayug town, Pangasinan last 14 September 2012. Pangasinan is approximately 160 kilometers north of Manila.

Unidentified gunmen fire at radio station

CMFR/ Philippines - Two unidentified men fired several shots at the office of a radio station in Roxas City last 13 September 2012. No one was harmed in the incident.

Journalist reports suspicious “visit”

CMFR/Philippines – A news correspondent in Zamboanga City reported to the police that two “suspicious-looking” men riding in tandem on a motorcycle went to her home in the afternoon of 13 September 2012 and asked for her, but left immediately when she asked them what they wanted. Zamboanga City...

Alleged Masterminds want their petition referred to Supreme Court en banc

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – AFTER THE DENIAL OF THEIR MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION, the alleged masterminds behind the murder of journalist Marlene Esperat have filed a motion asking that their petition for review on certiorari be referred to the Supreme Court en banc. The Third Division of the Supreme Court had already...

Media barred from covering DILG proceedings

CMFR/Philippines – Officials from the regional office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Cagayan de Oro City barred reporters last 10 September 2012 from covering a hearing on an administrative case against the city mayor. Cagayan de Oro City is a chartered city approximately...