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Hagedorn files libel raps vs. two tabloids

A local mayor recently filed libel complaints against two editors, a columnist, and the circulation managers of two tabloids. Puerto Princesa City mayor Edward Hagedorn alleged that the tabloids published columns and articles, which were malicious, defamatory, and damaging to his name and reputation. The articles exposed him to...

Ousted president to file libel vs. Standard Today, two others

Embattled former President Joseph Estrada is set to file a Php30-million (US$580,000) libel suit against a Manila-based national daily and two others for accusing him of involvement in a money-laundering operation. According to Rufus Rodriguez, Estrada’s legal counsel, the former president will sue Manila Standard Today for publishing a...

Radio commentator slain in Davao del Sur

A hard-hitting broadcaster was gunned down by unidentified men past 1:30 p.m. Tuesday (18 July, Manila time) in Digos City, Davao del Sur, around 680 kilometers south of Manila. Armando “Rachman” Pace, 51, a block timer for radio station dxDS, was waylaid by two men on a motorcycle along...

Police nabs three suspects in Pace slay

In just two days after the incident, police apprehended three suspects in the 18 July killing of broadcaster Armando Pace in Digos, Davao del Sur, around 680 kilometers south of Manila. On 19 July, the police nabbed suspect Juan Jesus Sataum, a money lender, whose motorcycle was allegedly used...

Radio commentator slain in Davao del Sur

Two part-time journalists slain in Kidapawan

Two peace advocates, also working as part-time journalists, were gunned down by unidentified men around 5 p.m. Monday (19 June) in Kidapawan City, around 850 kilometers south of Manila. George Vigo, a contributor of the Union of Catholic Asian News, and his wife, Maricel Alave-Vigo, host of dxND Radio...

Batul, Third Journalist Killed in 40-Day Period — FFFJ

As we prepare to bury yet another colleague felled by bullets, we are at the same time alarmed that Palawan radio commentator Fernando ‘Dong’ Batul, was the third victim in just a span of 40 days, to be killed because of his work as a journalist. The popular Palawan...

“Journalist killings point to policy of indifference”

Melinda Quintos de Jesus, executive director of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, writes about the continued journalist murders in the country in a column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer today. In her article “Journalist killings point to policy of indifference“, De Jesus writes: “There is not much...

When Governments Put Journalists in Jail

Across Asia, press freedom and economic prosperity don’t mix When Governments Put Journalists in Jail By Nathan Lee and Don Gil K. Carreon WHILE JOURNALISTS in Iraq and the Philippines struggle to dodge bullets, scores of other media practitioners across Asia continue to languish behind prison bars. Despite the...

Cyberspace: The New Combat Zone

Governments seek to control ‘citizen media’ Cyberspace: The new combat zone By Hector Bryant L. Macale There is a new arena in the fight for freedom of expression. This is cyberspace, a new zone where a conflict rages between those who promote free expression and those who seek to...

Hagedorn files libel raps vs. two tabloids

Ousted president to file libel vs. Standard Today, two others

Radio commentator slain in Davao del Sur

Police nabs three suspects in Pace slay

Radio commentator slain in Davao del Sur

Two part-time journalists slain in Kidapawan

Batul, Third Journalist Killed in 40-Day Period — FFFJ

“Journalist killings point to policy of indifference”

When Governments Put Journalists in Jail

Cyberspace: The New Combat Zone

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