We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Ending the Killing of Journalists: State Action Urgently Needed Statement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists The United Nations declared November 2 as International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. However, press freedom advocates in the Philippines focus on November 23 to commemorate the 2009 Ampatuan Massacre in which 58 men and women including 32 journalists... Radio correspondent shot dead in QC; 150th killing of journalist since 1986 if work-related CMFR/ Philippines – Two days before the commemoration of the International Day to End Impunity on November 2, an unidentified assailant shot dead a radio correspondent in front of a fast food restaurant in Brgy. Kaligayahan, Quezon City, Metro Manila on October 31. Alleged masterminds in Palawan broadcaster slay arrested in Thailand The two Alleged masterminds in the killing of Palawan broadcaster Gerry Ortega in 2011 were arrested in Thailand Sunday, September 20. Columnist shot dead in Ilocos Norte CMFR/ Philippines – A columnist for a local weekly newspaper was shot dead in a public market in Ilocos Norte on 4 September 2015. Ilocos Norte is 397 kilometers north of Manila. Radio broadcaster shot dead in Misamis Occidental four years after assassination attempt CMFR/Philippines – Four years after surviving an assassination attempt, a radio broadcaster was shot dead in front of a shopping center in Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental province on 27 August 2015. Second journalist killed in a week Another media practitioner was shot dead in the province of Sorsogon on 19 August 2015, a day after the killing of a newspaper publisher in the southern Philippine city of Tagum, Davao del Norte. Press club  president killed in Tagum City; 148th murder  since 1986 if work-related (UPDATED) CMFR/Philippines – The president of the Davao del Norte Press and Radio-TV Club (DNPRC) was shot by an unidentified man and later died in hospital in Tagum City, Davao del Norte on 18 August 2015. Davao del Norte is 1489.61 kilometers south of Manila. Police finds lead in killer of cameraman The Philippine National Police has a possible lead on the killing of a cameraman and driver of the local franchise holder of Cable News Network (CNN) on June 25 in Imus, Cavite. Cavite Province is 49.62 kilometers south of Manila. Women in media: Ten women killed for their work as journalists (1990-2014) The Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) has recorded that 10 of the 146 journalists killed in the line of duty since 1986 are women. To mark the commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day, CMFR pays to tribute these women journalists who were killed for doing their... ‘Gunman’ in shooting of journalist charged CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – A murder charge against the alleged gunman in the killing of radio blocktimer Maurito Lim has been filed in Tagbilaran City, Bohol province. Bohol is 983 kilometers south of Manila. « Previous1234…13Next »
