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Jail official refuses to release broadcaster despite court order

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A jail official refused on 26 May 2008 to release a radio commentator jailed for libel since last year despite a court order. The warden of the Davao Penal Colony (Dapecol) in Davao del Norte has not released radio broadcaster Alexander “Alex” Adonis despite being paroled by...

Case against Esperat masterminds stalled as court grants injunction

CMFR/Philippines–The Cebu Court of Appeals issued on 14 May 2008 a writ of preliminary injunction prohibiting the Cebu City Regional Trial Court (RTC) from proceeding with the case against the suspected masterminds in the 2005 murder of journalist Marlene Esperat. Cebu is a province approximately 562 km south of...

Correspondents threatened by local government official

CMFR/Philippines—Two provincial correspondents of a national broadsheet said they were indirectly threatened with harm by a local government official in Alfonso Lista, Ifugao on 10 May 2008. Ifugao is a province approximately 350 km northeast of Manila. Reporter Maria Elena Catajan and photographer Redjie Cawis, both correspondents of the...

Provincial publisher killed

CMFR/Philippines—An individual onboard a motorcycle gunned down a newspaper publisher at around 10:15 pm (local time) on 7 April 2008 night in Pasig City in the Philippines. Pasig is one of the cities that make up the National Capital Region, where the country’s capital, Manila, is located. Benefredo Acabal,...

Journalist gets death threat over mining story

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Palawan-based journalist was threatened with death on 3 April 2008 after he wrote that a mining company was blocking plans to declare a forest in Brooke’s Point, Palawan as a protected area. Palawan is an island southwest of Manila. Redempto Anda, a Philippine Daily Inquirer correspondent...

Judge grants 60-day temporary restraining order for trial of “masterminds” in journalist’s killing

CMFR/Philippines—The Cebu City Court of Appeals issued a 60-day temporary restraining order (TRO) on 25 March 2008 in the trial of the suspected masterminds in the killing of a journalist. Cebu is a province approximately 562 km south of Manila. A three-page resolution penned by Associate Justice Francisco Acosta...

High Court grants petition for transfer of venue of the trials of suspects in the killing of two journalists

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine Supreme Court granted on 18 March 2008 a petition by the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) to transfer the venue of the trials of suspects in the killing of two Aklan-based journalists to another...

Supreme Court issues first writ of amparo for journalist

The Supreme Court granted the first writ of amparo for a journalist on 11 March 2008.

Suspect in 2004 killing of journalist surrenders as witness retracts

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The suspect in the 2004 killing of radio broadcaster Herson Hinolan surrendered on 5 March 2008 to the Kalibo Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 7 in Aklan, after a key witness retracted his earlier testimony against the suspect. Aklan is approximately 345 km south of Manila. Alfredo...

Suspects behind killing of journalist elude arrest

CMFR/Philippines—Two government officials suspected to be the brains behind the killing of a journalist in 2004 have eluded arrest despite three week-old warrants for their arrest. Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 7 Judge Simeon Dumdum issued arrest warrants to the Cotabato City police on 4 February 2008 for...