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 Two arrested for killing of reporter CMFR Philippines – Two men including the alleged gunman in the murder of tabloid correspondent Nerlita Ledesma were arrested Sunday, January 11 in Bataan Province. Tabloid correspondent killed in Bataan CMFR/Philippines – Unidentified men shot dead a correspondent of a Manila-based tabloid in Balanga City, Bataan province on 8 January 2015. Balanga City is 122 kilometers south of Manila. Philippines lifts ban on nine Hong Kong journalists CMFR/Philippines – The Philippine government banned nine Hong Kong journalists from entering the Philippines for “heckling” President Benigno S. Aquino III in October 2013. In response to criticism from journalists’ groups, the government lifted the ban, declaring that “no untoward incident transpired during the President’s visit to China for... International concern, local indifference IN A disturbing—and irony-ridden—demonstration of official hostility to the Constitutional guarantee of press freedom, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has prevented journalists from covering the trial of the alleged masterminds and perpetrators of the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan Massacre since August this year without justification, and without even informing... A million candles The candle lighting ceremony at the EDSA Shrine is a quiet memorial. CMFR will lead the lighting of A Million Candles on November 23, 2014 (Sunday), at 6:00 p.m. at the EDSA Shrine (EDSA corner Ortigas Avenue, Quezon City). November 23, 2014 marks five years since the Ampatuan (Maguindanao)... FFFJ: Lift the Ban on Media Coverage of the Ampatuan Massacre Trial STATEMENT OF THE FREEDOM FUND FOR FILIPINO JOURNALISTS A coalition of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), the Philippine Center Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), the Center for Community Journalism and Development (CCJD), and the Philippine Press Institute (PPI), the Freedom... Journalist killed in Cambodia over illegal logging CMFR/Philippines – A journalist in the Kratie province of Cambodia was shot dead on 12 October 2014 while he was documenting illegal logging, according to the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA). Kratie is approximately 190 kilometers north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s... Senate president sues journalist for libel CMFR/Philippines – The Senate President filed a libel complaint in the Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office on 27 August 2014 against a journalist in Iloilo City. The journalist allegedly committed libel in posting a blog entry implicating the senator in a corruption issue. Iloilo City is approximately 600 kilometers south... Journalists barred from covering Ampatuan Massacre trial CMFR/Philippines – Policemen barred journalists from covering the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre trial proceedings on 17 September 2014. No immediate reason was given. Neither were the journalists told whether the directive was from the police, the jail management bureau, or the court. But the police said the next day that... Journalist threatened over corruption broadcast CMFR/Philippines – A journalist in Catarman City received threatening text messages on 12 September 2014 while he was on-air discussing corruption allegations against the former governor of Northern Samar province. He claimed that after which, he noticed  three vehicles tailed him after his broadcast and the following day. Catarman City... « Previous1…56789…47Next »
