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 Former journalist killed; had received death threats CMFR/PHILIPPINES ā A former newspaper correspondent was shot dead in Batangas City, Batangas Province on 13 April 2015. Batangas is 108 kilometers south of Manila. Blocktimer killed in Bohol; 146th since 1986 if work-related CMFR/Philippines ā A radio blocktimer was shot by an unidentified man and later died in hospital in Tagbilaran City, Bohol province on 14 February 2015 in another lethal attack on a journalist. Bohol is 983 kilometers south of Manila. Two arrested for killing of reporter CMFR Philippines ā Two men including the alleged gunman in the murder of tabloid correspondent Nerlita Ledesma were arrested Sunday, January 11 in Bataan Province. Tabloid correspondent killed in Bataan CMFR/Philippines ā Unidentified men shot dead a correspondent of a Manila-based tabloid in Balanga City, Bataan province on 8 January 2015. Balanga City is 122 kilometers south of Manila. A million candles The candle lighting ceremony at the EDSA Shrine is a quiet memorial. CMFR will lead the lighting of A Million Candles on November 23, 2014 (Sunday), at 6:00 p.m. at the EDSA Shrine (EDSA corner Ortigas Avenue, Quezon City). November 23, 2014 marks five years since the Ampatuan (Maguindanao)... Journalist killed in Cambodia over illegal logging CMFR/Philippines ā A journalist in the Kratie province of Cambodia was shot dead on 12 October 2014 while he was documenting illegal logging, according to the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA). Kratie is approximately 190 kilometers north of Phnom Penh, Cambodiaās... Justice Department orders filing of charges against former officials for murder of journalist CMFR/Philippines ā The Department of Justice on 26 August 2014 ordered the Investigating Prosecutor and Prosecutor General to file charges against two former elected officials for the June 2010 murder of journalist Nestor Bedolido Sr. in Digos City, Davao del Sur province. Resolving a motion for reconsideration filed by... President says many āmedia killingsā not related to work CMFR/Philippines ā President Benigno Aquino III said in an interview with Bombo Radyo on 27 August 2014 that many of the reported incidents of āmedia killingsā were not related to the victimsā work, according to the police. He added that the people in his administration were too ādecentā to... Witness in killing of journalist shot dead; journalists mauled, threatened at gun point CMFR/Philippines – Unidentified men shot dead an eye witness in the killing of a journalist in Digos City in 2010 on 31 July 2014 in Davao City. Meanwhile, a policeman and two others allegedly mauled a camera man and threatened other journalists in a Karaoke bar in Agusan del... International Crisis Egyptian court convicts journalists for covering protests An Egyptian court sentenced on 23 June 2014 three Al Jazeera journalists–Australian Peter Geste, Cairo bureau chief Canadian-Egyptian Mohamad Fahmy and producer Baher Mohamed–to prison terms of between seven to ten years for allegedly conspiring with the rebel group Muslim Brotherhood. Three... « Previous12345…13Next »
