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 Peruvian journalist attack by gunman, dies A Peruvian journalist died last September 8 after he was shot by an unidentified assailant on September 6 in Casma, in the northwestern province of Peru, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported. Malaysian cameraman killed, another wounded in Somalia African Union troops allegedly killed a Malaysian television cameraman and injured his colleague last September 2 while they were in a convoy with a humanitarian aid organization in Mogadishu, Somalia, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) reported. Appellate court denies petition of alleged masterminds in killing of Esperat The trial of the alleged masterminds in the killing of journalist Marlene Esperat will resume with the 19 August 2011 denial by the 21st division of the Philippine Court of Appeals (CA) – Mindanao station of their petition for certiorari and prohibition seeking the dismissal of the charges against... Justice Department creates new panel to reinvestigate murder of Palawan-based broadcaster The secretary of the Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered the formation of a new panel last 7 September 2011 to reinvestigate the murder of Palawan-based radio broadcaster Gerardo “Gerry” Ortega. Women journalists killed in Mexico The bodies of two Mexican journalists were found last September 1 in a park in Mexico City a day after they were reported missing, Article 19 reported. Mexican journalist’s body found Authorities found the body of a Mexican journalist last August 25 in Culiacán, Sinoloa, a northwestern state in Mexico a day after he was abducted by unidentified armed men, Article 19 reported. Press freedom in Aquino’s first year: Unfulfilled promises and fading hopes HIS SUPPOSED commitment to free expression and a free press was part of then Sen. Benigno Aquino III’s announced platform during his campaign for the Philippine presidency. Aquino promised to support and protect the free press, stop the killing of journalists (a widow of an Ampatuan massacre victim even... Broadcaster shot dead in southern Philippines CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster was gunned down by two unidentified gunmen last 22 August 2011 in Enrique B. Magalona town, Negros Occidental. Negros Occidental is approximately 467 kilometers south of Manila. Niel “Lito” Jimena died at the Teresita Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City from five gunshot wounds. The... Libel against editor and publisher dismissed CMFR/PHILIPPINES - The Baguio City Regional Trial Court dismissed the libel case against the Baguio Midland Courier editor in chief Cecil Afable and publisher Charles Hamada last 1 August 2011. In a 13-page decision, Branch 61 Judge Antonio C. Reyes acquitted Afable and Hamada for the libel charges after the... Newsbreak editor and staff members face libel suit arraignment CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The editor in chief and four other members of the Manila-based Newsbreak magazine have been summoned for arraignment by an Ilocos Sur court in connection to a libel case filed by a governor of the province. « Previous1…2728293031…47Next »
