Press Freedom Protection Archives | Page 76 of 76 | CMFR

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...