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 Four charged for March 2011 murder of Manila broadcaster CMFR/PHILIPPINES— The local police of Malabon City filed murder charges against the four alleged killers of radio broadcaster Marlina Flores-Sumera at the city prosecutor’s office last 25 April 2011. Malabon City is part of the National Capital Region (Metro Manila). In a 26 April 2011 press release, the Department... Broadcaster shot dead in Philippine Capital CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Exactly on the sixth anniversary of the killing of a woman journalist in 2005, another woman broadcaster was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Malabon City last 24 March 2011. In 2005 on the same date,  journalist Marlene Esperat was killed at her home in Tacurong... Justice delayed Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) on the 15th month since the Ampatuan Massacre of November 23, 2009 THE TRIAL of those formally accused in the Ampatuan Massacre, numbering 51 out of the 195 individuals suspected of involvement in it, is ongoing and should be... Neither closure nor justice Statement of the FFFJ on the murder complaint against the alleged masterminds in the killing of Gerry Ortega The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists Inc. (FFFJ) calls for the prompt preliminary investigation of the murder complaint against the alleged masterminds in the killing of Palawan-based broadcaster and environment activist... Widow of slain journalist files charges against former governors, mayor CMFR/PHILIPPINES – THE WIDOW of a Palawan radio broadcaster named two former provincial governors and a town mayor suspects in the 24 January 2011 killing of her husband. (Palawan province is 592 kilometers south of Manila.) Patria Ortega, wife of slain Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) dwAR broadcaster Gerardo “Gerry”... Alleged gunman, 4 others charged for killing of Palawan broadcaster CMFR/PHILIPPINES – THE ALLEGED gunman in the killing of a Palawan-based broadcaster faced inquest proceedings last 26 January 2011.  (Palawan province is 592 kilometers south of Manila.) The Philippine National Police filed murder charges against Marlon Recamata (named in initial reports as Marvin Alcaraz) for the killing of Gerardo... Radio broadcaster killed in Palawan CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster was shot dead in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan province last 24 January 2011. If the killing is work related, Ortega will be the second journalist killed in the line of duty under the Benigno Aquino III administration. Palawan is a province approximately 592 kilometers... Journalism Asia Forum 2010: Impunity and Press Freedom IN THE hope that a collective response will rise from the public’s understanding of impunity and its impact on press freedom and democracy, CMFR organized the “Journalism Asia Forum 2010: Impunity and Press Freedom (JAF 2010)” on the first anniversary of the Ampatuan Massacre last November 23. The forum... THE AMPATUAN MASSACRE: Mourning, Disappointment and Hope A YEAR has passed since the mass murder of 52 men and women including 32 journalists and media workers, but the trial of those accused of the foul deed has not even begun. Thirty-two journalists and media practitioners were with the wife and relatives of a local politician to... UN Special Rapporteur special guest at Journalism Asia Forum 2010 For coverage/participation, please call CMFR at the following numbers: (+63 2 894/1326/894-1314/840-0889) Frank La Rue, the UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression, will serve as a special guest speaker at the Journalism Asia Forum 2010 on November 23. The Manila-based Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility... « Previous1…7891011…13Next »
