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Radio commentator killed in Camarines Sur

CMFR/PHILIPPINES - A radio commentator was shot dead Monday, 13 June 2011, in Iriga City, Camarines Sur province. Iriga City is approximately 294 kilometers from Manila. Romeo Olea, 49, of San Miguel, Iriga City, was on a motorcycle on his way to the radio dwEB office in Nabua, Camarines...

Broadcaster claims governor attacked him (Updated)

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A broadcaster of a government-run radio station plans to file charges against the governor of Kalinga province for allegedly attacking and threatening to kill him. Kalinga is approximately 317 kilometers north of Manila. Broadcaster Jerome Tabanganay said that at around 1 p.m. last 07 June 2011, Gov....

Cotabato City-based reporter warned of possible attack

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Friends from a military intelligence unit recently warned a radio broadcaster from Cotabato City of his possible assassination. Cotabato City is approximately 894.57 kilometers south of Manila. On the evening of 1 June 2011, a group of men who identified themselves as members of the intelligence unit...

Radio station bombing linked to illegal numbers game

CMFR/Philippines – Unidentified men threw homemade explosives at a government-run radio station in Tabuk City, Kalinga last 24 May 2011. The attack is believed to be in retaliation for the station’s reports and commentaries on the proliferation of the illegal numbers game known as “jueteng” in the province. Kalinga...

Andal Sr. asks court to arraign him

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The patriarch of the Ampatuan clan has asked the Quezon City court trying him and 195 others to arraign him in the next hearing. In an 18 May 2011 motion, Andal Ampatuan Sr. requested through his counsel that he be arraigned on 25 May 2011. The hearings...

(UPDATED) Radio anchor threatened over commentaries

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Cagayan de Oro-based radio broadcaster received threatening SMS (text) messages last 14 May and 17 May 2011. Cagayan de Oro City is approximately 786 kilometers south of Manila. Jun Albino of Magnum Music and News Radio 99.9 FM first received a message on his mobile phone...

TV reporters hurt during demolition

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two TV reporters got hurt while covering a confrontation between local authorities and informal settlers during a demolition of the latter’s homes in Makati City last 28 April 2011. Makati City is part of the Philippine National Capital Region (Metro Manila). ABS-CBN TV correspondent Niko Baua and...

Four charged for March 2011 murder of Manila broadcaster

CMFR/PHILIPPINES— The local police of Malabon City filed murder charges against the four alleged killers of radio broadcaster Marlina Flores-Sumera at the city prosecutor’s office last 25 April 2011. Malabon City is part of the National Capital Region (Metro Manila). In a 26 April 2011 press release, the Department...

RE The Aquino administration proposals for an FOI Bill

The Presidential Communications Group did not directly consult the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) on the administration’s proposals for a Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. However, CMFR is a member of the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN), a network of about 150 organizations and individuals...

The Long Road to Justice

By Mark Merueñas AS SOON as you enter the high-walled compound of the Quezon City Jail Annex in Taguig City where the Ampatuan multiple murder case is being heard, everyone becomes equal—well, almost. It doesn’t matter if you’re the justice secretary, the high-profile lawyer that defended a former president...