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Judge denies media request to extend court order against gov’t harrasment

CMFR/Philippines – A Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge denied on 8 February 2008 a petition by journalists to extend a previously granted 72-hour temporary restraining order (TRO) to prevent the police, the military, and other government agencies from threatening or arresting journalists and media practitioners during crisis situations....

Journalist seeks court protection against killers

An Oriental Mindoro-based journalist filed a petition for a writ of amparo before the Supreme Court on 4 February 2008 after discovering a plan to kill him, allegedly by people involved in anomalies he had exposed. Oriental Mindoro is about 140 kms south of Manila.

Arrest warrants out for alleged masterminds of journalist killing

CMFR/Philippines—A Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge in Cebu City, Cebu province issued arrest warrants on 4 February 2008 for the two alleged masterminds behind the killing of journalist Marlene Esperat. Cebu is a province approximately 562 km south of Manila. Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 7 Judge Simeon...

Judge upholds court’s jurisdiction over journalist murder case

CMFR/Philippines – A Cebu City Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge denied on 18 February 2008 a motion by two defendants accused of masterminding the murder of journalist Marlene Esperat. The motion sought to quash the charges filed by the state prosecutor against them on 1 February 2008. Cebu is...

Broadcaster jailed for libel

CMFR/Philippines—A provincial radio commentator has now spent over a week in jail after being arrested on 22 January 2008 for failing to attend his libel case hearings. No bail was recommended for his imprisonment. Julito “Lito” Ucab, a freelance radio commentator in Cagayan de Oro, is now behind bars...

Journalists file suits to stop threats; court issues order against harassment

CMFR/Philippines—Over a hundred journalists filed two separate suits on 28 January 2008 in a unified effort to halt government threats against the press as well as further arrests. Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Executive Judge Winlove Dumayas granted a 72-hour temporary restraining order (TRO) barring the police, military,...

Broadcaster jailed for libel

CMFR/Philippines—A provincial radio commentator has been over a week in jail after being arrested on 22 January 2008 for failing to attend court hearings. No bail was recommended for his release. Julito “Lito” Ucab, a freelance radio commentator in Cagayan de Oro, is now behind bars in the Butuan...

Journalists seek court protection from government

CMFR/Philippines—Eleven journalists and media technicians from the Philippines’ biggest television network arrested for covering an incident involving about 20 soldiers in the Manila Peninsula Hotel last November have asked the Philippine Supreme Court to declare their arrest illegal and to protect them and other journalists from future government harassment....

Two suspects in journalist’s killing six years ago arraigned

CMFR/Philippines—Two suspects in the killing of a broadcast journalist were arraigned on 10 January 2008, more than half a decade after the murder. Rolando Ureta, then 30, was killed on his way home onboard his motorcycle in Lezo, Aklan after his evening news broadcast on 3 January 2001 when...

Class suit against Arroyo husband to continue

CMFR/Philippines—A motion, the second filed by Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, husband of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, to dismiss the class action suit filed against him by 40 journalists and three media organizations in response to his numerous libel suits has been denied by a Philippine court. The journalists filed...

Judge denies media request to extend court order against gov’t harrasment

Journalist seeks court protection against killers

Arrest warrants out for alleged masterminds of journalist killing

Judge upholds court’s jurisdiction over journalist murder case

Broadcaster jailed for libel

Journalists file suits to stop threats; court issues order against harassment

Broadcaster jailed for libel

Journalists seek court protection from government

Two suspects in journalist’s killing six years ago arraigned

Class suit against Arroyo husband to continue

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