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Radyo ni Juan station manager dies

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio station manager in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat who was critically wounded by unidentified assailants late October has died in a hospital in Davao City where he was being treated. Davao City is 977.46 kilometers south of Manila. Benjie Abdul Caballero, station manager of Radyo ni Juan,...

Dumaguete radio blocktimer shot dead

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio blocktimer was gunned down by unidentified assailants on 7 November 2019 in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. Dumaguete City is 639.71 kilometers south of Manila. Blocktiming is a Philippine practice in which broadcasters buy blocks of time to air sponsored programs. Dindo Generoso of dyEM 96.7...

Community journalist arrested in Bacolod raids

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A community journalist was among the 57 people arrested by police and military operatives during simultaneous raids on the offices of progressive organizations in Bacolod City on October 31 and in Escalante City on November 1. Both cities are in Negros Occidental. Bacolod City, Negros Occidental’s capital,...

Radio station manager injured in shooting attack

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio station manager was shot and critically wounded by unidentified assailants in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat on Wednesday, 30 October 2019. Tacurong City is 971.84 kilometers south of Manila. Benjie Abdul Caballero, station manager of Radyo ni Juan, was shot while he was in front of...

Tabloid columnist, companion shot dead in Pampanga

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – A tabloid columnist was shot dead in Arayat town, Pampanga on 20 October 2019. Arayat is 67 kilometers north of Manila. According to the police report, Jupiter Gonzales, a columnist for the Manila-based tabloid Remate and a member of the National Press Club, was driving his...

Citing violation of due process, Pasig court remands Rappler securities case to prosecutor

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Citing violation of the right of the accused to due process, a Pasig court has ordered the reinvestigation of a criminal case against executives of online news site Rappler for alleged violation of the Securities Regulation Code (SRC). This case is related to the Securities and Exchange...

Broadcaster shot at in Tagum City ambush

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A broadcaster who is also Davao del Norte’s provincial information officer was shot at and hurt in an ambush by unidentified gunmen on 11 October 2019 in Tagum City. Tagum City is 1,433 kilometers south of Manila. Pat Lucero Pacquiao is the owner and station manager of...

CLTV president “red-tagged” in school forum

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The president and general manager of a regional TV station was accused of being a communist in a school forum in Bacolor, Pampanga on 17 September 2019. Bacolor is 57.83 kilometers north of Manila. Sonia P. Soto of San Fernando-based Central Luzon TV (CLTV) 36 was identified...

Adding red-baiting to the perils of truth-telling

CMFR / PHILIPPINES – To the many perils of truth-telling in the Philippines, where 165 journalists have been killed for their work since 1986, and hundreds more threatened, physically assaulted, and sued for libel to silence them, the Duterte regime has added that of red-baiting. More popularly known as...

Copies of alternative magazine burned

CMFR PHILIPPINES – Copies of alternative news magazine Pinoy Weekly were burned in Pandi, Bulacan, on Thursday, 5 September 2019, when a pro-government group reportedly ransacked the office of the urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) in this province. Bulacan is 43.1 kilometers north of Manila. In...