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 Senate committee approves FOI bill The Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media has approved the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill and will submit its report next week, said committee chairperson Senator Grace Poe. In the second and final hearing on the measure last September 18, Poe said she will sponsor the bill for... Radio anchor shot dead in Cebu City CMFR/Philippines – In only the second incident of its kind in Cebu City, one of the Philippine cities known for its respect for press freedom, a radio anchor on his way to fetch his pregnant wife was shot dead on 14 September 2013. He was also the spokesperson for... Update: The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 IT HAS been a year since President Benigno S. Aquino III signed the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. The Anti-Cybercrime Law took effect on October 3, 2012 but the Supreme Court issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) six days later. On February 5, the Court extended the TRO until... Editor shot dead; 18th since 2010 A newspaper editor/publisher was shot dead on Sept. 4, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro. Two journalists convicted of libel CMFR/Philippines – Two journalists were convicted for libel in the past few days, one in Cebu City on 29 August 2013 and another in Digos City, Davao province, on 3 September 2013. Both were ordered to pay fines totaling PHP2,212,000 (some USD50,000). Libel in the Philippines is a crime... Group of municipal councilors bars journalists from covering election CMFR/Philippines – An official barred journalists from covering the election of officers of a provincial league of municipal councilors in the town of Virac, province of Catanduanes, on 2 September 2013. Catanduanes province is some 500 kilometers south of Manila. Radyo ng Bayan-Virac station manager Arlene Bagadiong together with... Radio commentator shot dead in southern Philippines CMFR/Philippines – In the sixth case of its kind this year, two men riding tandem on a motorcycle shot dead a radio commentator in Iligan City on 29 August 2013. Iligan City in Mindanao Island is some 1,400 kilometers south of Manila. Radio commentator Fernando “Nanding” Solijon was shot... Fugitive demands 40 million pesos in damages from reporters CMFR/Philippines – A businesswoman turned fugitive for her alleged involvement in a multi-billion peso corruption scandal filed four separate libel complaints against a blogger, two reporters, two editors and a publisher, as well as a fashion designer, on 6 and 7 August 2013 in Taguig City, Manila. For each... R2KRN: FOI advocates joining Luneta indignation on budget scam CMFR is a member of the Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN)—a network of about 160 organizations and individuals from various social sectors and civil society groups, which have long been campaigning for the passage of a Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. The Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition... Two wanted for murder of columnists CMFR/Philippines – The police have formally charged two suspects for the 30 July 2013 murder of two tabloid columnists in Quezon City, Manila. The suspects have yet to be arrested. The police have not concluded that the victims were killed for their work. But the family members of one... « Previous1…1213141516…47Next »
