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Reporter claims harassment by water company exec

CMFR/PHILIPPINES- The general manager of a local water company allegedly yelled at a radio reporter doing a story on an alleged cover-up involving his office in Lucena City.

IFEX announces 23 November as International Day to End Impunity

International Day to End Impunity website Text and photos are from http://www.ifex.org Impunity has always been ranked as a top priority for IFEX members. So it comes as no surprise that at the 2011 IFEX Strategy Conference in Beirut, Lebanon, last week, IFEX members announced they are joining forces...

Church-owned radio station burned down

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Unidentified men set fire to a Catholic Church-owned radio station in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro last 27 October 2011.

Reporter alleges harassment by former anti-drugs chief

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A news reporter filed a complaint against a former director of the government’s anti-drug trafficking agency in Cebu for allegedly harassing him.

Radio blocktimer shot dead in Mindanao

CMFR / Philippines – Police are still searching for the suspected gunmen who shot dead a radio blocktimer and indigenous tribe chief in Surigao del Sur last 14 October 2011.

Columnist shot dead in Isabela province

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Police have yet to identify the gunmen in the killing of a columnist in Alicia town, Isabela last 07 October 2011.

Alleged killing mastermind asks court to stop reinvestigation

CMFR/Philippines – A former governor filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition last 3 October 2011 asking the Court of Appeals (CA) to stop the reinvestigation into his alleged involvement in the planning of the murder of broadcaster and environmentalist Gerry Ortega.

Aquino “double talk” on FOI

By Fernando R. Cabigao Jr. President Benigno S. Aquino III lacks the political will to pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill, the coalition of freedom of information advocates said in a September press statement. “More than 14 months into his term, President Aquino has not mustered the political...

Broadcaster’s daughter abducted

Unidentified men kidnapped a daughter of a Palawan-based broadcaster last 15 September 2011. The girl was released unharmed after 8 hours, but the kidnappers were able to evade arrest. Louie Larroza of dyEC radio said the abduction of his daughter could have been “a warning for me to...

On the Marlene Esperat murder Court decision allows arrest of alleged masterminds

Statement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists on the Denial of the Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition filed by the alleged masterminds in the killing of Marlene Esperat