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 Journalists, media workers harassed in Manila demolition CMFR/PHILIPPINES â Local anti-riot police detained and manhandled a group of journalists and media workers during the demolition of an allegedly illegal settlement in San Juan City last 11 January 2012. San Juan is a city within the Philippinesâ National Capital Region (Metro Manila). Publisher killed in Bohol province CMFR/PHILIPPINES â NO SUSPECT has been identified in the 15 December 2011 killing of a local newspaper publisher in Trinidad City, Bohol province. Bohol is a province 640 kilometers south of Manila. Publisher shot dead in General Santos City CMFR/PHILIPPINES â Police are still investigating the killing of a newspaper publisher in General Santos City last 5 January 2012. General Santos City is a chartered city in Mindanao approximately 1049 kilometers south of Manila. TV reporter warned of plot to kill him A field reporter of a TV network said he has learned of an assassination plot against him for a report on illegal logging that he did involving a businessman in Butuan City. Radio broadcaster survives assassination attempt CMFR/PHILIPPINES â An Ozamis City-based radio broadcaster survived an assassination attempt allegedly connected to his commentaries against a local politician. Newspaper executive killed in General Santos City CMFR/PHILIPPINES - The circulation manager of a newspaper in General Santos City was shot dead by a motorcycle-riding gunman outside his office last 11 November 2011. PJR Reports September – October 2011 Editorâs Note: FOCUS THE POSSIBILITY Â that some of the journalists who have been killed in this country since 1986 might not have been ethical, or even corrupt, isnât exactly a Revelation of Biblical proportions. One of the characteristics of the media and press community in the Philippines is its... Finding justice for the slain journalistsâExtraordinaryâ delays INSTEAD OF speeding up the quest for justice, legal procedures can be used to delay, and worse, even bring judicial proceedings to a standstill. Petitions for certiorari and prohibition are two of the often abused extraordinary legal remedies in the Philippines. Remembering “Sir PD” Today is the first death anniversary of Leo B. Dacera III. The longest serving director of the Department of Justice Witness Protection, Security and Benefits Program, he was fondly called âSir PD,â PD being shorthand for Program Director. As PD, Atty. Dacera directed the operations of the DOJ WPSBP with knowledge... Reporter claims harassment by water company exec CMFR/PHILIPPINES- The general manager of a local water company allegedly yelled at a radio reporter doing a story on an alleged cover-up involving his office in Lucena City. « Previous1…2526272829…47Next »
