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Newsbreak editor gets death threat

It would seen that threats against journalists and freedom of expression are no longer confined to the provinces but has made its way to the capital. It is indeed an indication of the sad state of affairs even as it is another proof that the culture of impunity makes...

Radio station ordered closed for maligning local official

A mayor in a southern Philippine city ordered the closure of a local radio station, which had been criticizing him on-air. Mayor Jose Galario Jr. of Valencia City, Bukidnon, cancelled the business permit of Radio Mindanao Network’s station dxVR-FM on 25 July 2005. Galario said dxVR acting station manager...

Local journalist harassed, threatened after exposing governor’s anomalies

A correspondent based in Batangas, south of Manila, has been living in danger for more than three weeks now after her articles exposing corruption in the province angered Governor Armando Sanchez. Mei Magsino-Lubis, a correspondent of the Philippine Daily Inquirer got a call from a police source last 8...

Local editor jailed for contempt

An editor of a local paper in Naga City, southeast of Manila, was sent to prison for indirect contempt last July 20. Jose Perez, editor-in-chief of the weekly Bicol Mail, was sentenced to a 90-day jail term and a P30, 000-fine (US$ 536) by Judge Felimon Montenegro of the...

CPJ story on the journalist killing in RP

An issue that is drawing global media attention to the Philippines is the high death toll of journalists in the country. In the past few months, we, at the CMFR, had been visited by the Reporters sans Frontieres (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists. We were even phoned...

Whitewashing the Esperat case

Is the Department of Justice (DOJ) aiding and abetting the guilty? The DOJ endorsed the dismissal of the case against the suspected masterminds in the 24 March 2005 slay of columnist Marlene Esperat, even as a court ruled its reinvestigation unauthorized. Riding on a controversial prosecutor’s findings of the...