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Remembering “Sir PD”

Today is the first death anniversary of Leo B. Dacera III. The longest serving director of the Department of Justice Witness Protection, Security and Benefits Program, he was fondly called “Sir PD,” PD being shorthand for Program Director. As PD, Atty. Dacera directed the operations of the DOJ WPSBP with knowledge...

Join our online campaign to support the first International Day to End Impunity

As part of our activities for the first International Day to End Impunity (IDEI) on Nov. 23, 2011, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility hopes you can join the online IDEI campaign. Download our media kit for the Nov. 21 IDEI Blog Action Day here.

Free press, free expression groups to launch International Day to End Impunity on Nov. 23

Free expression groups and press organizations from around the world will hold the first International Day to End Impunity (IDEI), a global call to demand justice for those that have been persecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression, on November 23, 2011. The Toronto-based International Freedom of...

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.