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 Cotabato City-based reporter warned of possible attack CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Friends from a military intelligence unit recently warned a radio broadcaster from Cotabato City of his possible assassination. Cotabato City is approximately 894.57 kilometers south of Manila. On the evening of 1 June 2011, a group of men who identified themselves as members of the intelligence unit... Radio station bombing linked to illegal numbers game CMFR/Philippines – Unidentified men threw homemade explosives at a government-run radio station in Tabuk City, Kalinga last 24 May 2011. The attack is believed to be in retaliation for the station’s reports and commentaries on the proliferation of the illegal numbers game known as “jueteng” in the province. Kalinga... Andal Sr. asks court to arraign him CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The patriarch of the Ampatuan clan has asked the Quezon City court trying him and 195 others to arraign him in the next hearing. In an 18 May 2011 motion, Andal Ampatuan Sr. requested through his counsel that he be arraigned on 25 May 2011. The hearings... (UPDATED) Radio anchor threatened over commentaries CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Cagayan de Oro-based radio broadcaster received threatening SMS (text) messages last 14 May and 17 May 2011. Cagayan de Oro City is approximately 786 kilometers south of Manila. Jun Albino of Magnum Music and News Radio 99.9 FM first received a message on his mobile phone... TV reporters hurt during demolition CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two TV reporters got hurt while covering a confrontation between local authorities and informal settlers during a demolition of the latter’s homes in Makati City last 28 April 2011. Makati City is part of the Philippine National Capital Region (Metro Manila). ABS-CBN TV correspondent Niko Baua and... 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... The Long Road to Justice By Mark Merueñas AS SOON as you enter the high-walled compound of the Quezon City Jail Annex in Taguig City where the Ampatuan multiple murder case is being heard, everyone becomes equal—well, almost. It doesn’t matter if you’re the justice secretary, the high-profile lawyer that defended a former president... Ethics, the Culture of Impunity, and Democracy by Luis V. Teodoro DELIVERED DURING THE NUJP FORUM COMMEMORATING WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, MAY 3, 2011 LET ME start by quoting CMFR’s statement which we issued in commemoration of this year’s World Press Freedom Day: “The Philippine media situation has resisted change despite the change of administration in July 2010,” which in... PCIJ reports on the access to information under the Aquino administration The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) released 1 May 2011 an audit of how government agencies dealt with requests for information under the Benigno Aquino III administration. PCIJ asked 27 government agencies–including the Offices of the President and Vice President, the Office of the Ombudsman, and both houses... Slain journalist’s widow faces contempt charges A widow of an Ampatuan (Maguindanao) massacre victim and a director of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) are facing possible contempt charges for publicly criticizing Court of Appeals (CA) justices before whom a petition connected to the Ampatuan multiple murder case is pending. The CA... « Previous1…2930313233…47Next »
