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 Libel charges against publisher and columnist dismissed CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local court in Metro Manila dismissed a libel case against a columnist and the publisher of a national daily last 31 March 2011. The order was released last 15 April 2011. Libel, a criminal offense in the Philippines, has often been used to harass journalists and... Journalists allege manhandling by US envoy’s escorts and military hospital guards CMFR/Philippines – Journalists covering the turnover of donations by the US Embassy to a military hospital in Quezon City said they were manhandled by the envoy’s escorts and by hospital guards. According to a March 30 report by InterAksyon, the journalists were approaching Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. for an... Another broadcaster arrested for libel (UPDATED) CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Another broadcaster facing libel charges was arrested last 18 April 2011 in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte. Lanao del Norte is a province approximately 792 kilometers south of Manila. Police arrested at around 11 a.m. (local time) broadcaster Albert Loyola of radio station dxRJ on the strength... JOSE L. PAVIA, 72 Jose L. Pavia, one of the nation’s most respected journalists, died this morning (18 April) in the hospital where he had been confined following a series of surgeries for a brain tumor and the discovery that he had lung cancer. He was 72. He is survived by... CONCRETE ACTION NEEDED TO STOP THE KILLINGS: An Open Letter to President Benigno Aquino III AS THE NATION takes its annual Holy Week retreat, the advocates for justice for slain journalists and press freedom protection recall their hopes in your assumption to power and your promise for renewal and change. You campaigned not only on a promise to fight corruption, but also to uphold... Libel complaint against journalists dismissed CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A provincial prosecutor dismissed last 18 January 2011 a libel complaint filed by a government employee against a columnist and the editors of a local newspaper in Catanduanes. Catanduanes is an island province approximately 580 kilometers south of Manila. The libel complaint filed by Rommel Valeza, a... Alleged gunman in the 2006 murder of Palawan radioman acquitted CMFR/PHILIPPINES –A court in Palawan acquitted a former police officer accused of killing a broadcaster in 2006. The decision was promulgated 11 April 2011. In a decision dated 8 April 2011, Palawan Regional Trial Court Branch 95 Judge Bienvenido Blancaflor acquitted and ordered the release of former policeman Aaron... 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... Anti-drugs agent threatens television news team CMFR/PHILIPPINES – An agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) angered by media criticism of the agency allegedly threatened a television news team which was covering the arrest of a drug trafficking suspect last 1 March 2011 in General Santos City. General Santos City is a chartered city... (Updated) Councilor’s spouse allegedly threatened a broadcaster CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A broadcaster was allegedly threatened by a local councilor’s spouse in Oas, Albay last 21 February 2011.  The spouse however denied the allegation. Oas, Albay is approximately 307 kilometers southeast of Manila. Armand Reyes of radio station dwCL 93.1 Skyradio based in Ligao City said he was... « Previous1…3031323334…47Next »
