Attacks and threats against the media Archives | Page 17 of 38

Publisher-columnist Shot in Catanduanes; First Journalist Killed Under Duterte

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – An unidentified gunman shot the publisher-columnist of a two-week old community newspaper in Catanduanes on 19 December 2016. His death is the first media killing under the watch of President Rodrigo Duterte. It is also the first journalist killing in Catanduanes and the eighth in...

Journalist facing libel charges receives death threats

CMFR/Philippines – A journalist received death threats while waiting for his libel case to be heard in the Quezon City Prosecutors Office on 23 November 2016. Pangasinan-based The Manila Times reporter Jaime Aquino was waiting in Room 430 of the QC Prosecutors Office when the complainants in his...

Broadcaster Receives Threats via SMS

CMFR/Philippines – A Manila-based radio broadcaster is continuing to receive threatening text messages from an unknown source. DzXL anchor Lourdes Escaros, reported receiving threatening text messages after reporting news critical of President Rodrigo Duterte. Escaros hosts the news program Unang Balita sa Unang Radyo and the morning and...

Online Threats against Journalists Mark Duterte’s 100 Days

IT STARTED even during the campaign. Journalists critical of anything about then candidate Rodrigo Duterte were savaged on social media and it has not stopped. Duterte’s defenders rain specific threats, rape, murder and libel suits, including harm to members of the journalist’s family. The latest victims of cyber...

TV Reporter Assaulted by Freed Hostage’s Kin

CMFR/PHILIPPINES—A television reporter and a cameraman were allegedly assaulted by the relatives of a freed hostage victim 22 September 2016 in Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur. Zamboanga City is 1,333 kilometers south of Manila. ABS-CBN Zamboanga reporter Reuben James Rosalado and cameraman Jovito Alcoran were covering the release...

Kidapawan Broadcaster Arrested for Libel

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio manager and broadcaster in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato has been arrested and detained on two libel cases filed by a mayor of Makilala town also in North Cotabato. North Cotabato is 1,591 kilometers south of Manila. Members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group...

Radio Reporter Receives Death Threats

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio reporter said he received death threats via mobile phone 7 September 2016 about a week after reporting being threatened by tourist policeman in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Lapu-Lapu City is 845 kilometers south of Manila. DySS Super Radyo (RGMA) reporter Norman Mendoza said he received...

Inquirer Ordered to Pay for Enrile Libel

CMFR/PHILIPPINES—An August 22 decision by the Court of Appeals (CA) ordered the Philippine Daily Inquirer to pay former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile P1.3 million in damages for a 2001 news article alleging that Enrile was among those who plundered the coco levy fund. A ruling by the Makati...

Ortega Murder Suspect Denied Bail

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A primary suspect in the 2011 murder of Palawan environmentalist and broadcaster Gerardo “Gerry” Ortega was denied bail Thursday, 8 September 2016 by a Puerto Princesa court. Palawan is 789 kilometers south of Manila. Judge Angelo Arizala of the Puerto Princesa Regional Trial Court Branch 52...

Former Mayor Convicted for 2004 Killing of Broadcaster

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Cebu City court convicted of homicide on 10 August 2016 a former mayor of the municipality of Lezo in Aklan accused of killing broadcaster Herson Hinolan in 2004. Aklan is approximately 461 kilometers south of Manila. Branch 16 Judge Sylva Aguirre-Paderanga of the Regional Trial...