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 Ampatuan massacre prosecutor to talk on ending impunity at UN event CMFR/Philippines â Free expression advocacy organization Article 19 will hold a side event on 17 September 2014 during the 27th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss ending impunity for attacks against journalists. Filipina lawyer Prima Quinsayas, a private prosecutor in the... ‘Privacy protectionâ bill threatens free expression CMFR/Philippines â A bill to protect personal privacy passed second reading in The House of Representatives on 12 August 2014. A congressman and media groups say once it becomes law, House Bill 04807 will have negative effects on press freedom and free expression. In a statement on 28 August,... Justice Department orders filing of charges against former officials for murder of journalist CMFR/Philippines â The Department of Justice on 26 August 2014 ordered the Investigating Prosecutor and Prosecutor General to file charges against two former elected officials for the June 2010 murder of journalist Nestor Bedolido Sr. in Digos City, Davao del Sur province. Resolving a motion for reconsideration filed by... President says many âmedia killingsâ not related to work CMFR/Philippines â President Benigno Aquino III said in an interview with Bombo Radyo on 27 August 2014 that many of the reported incidents of âmedia killingsâ were not related to the victimsâ work, according to the police. He added that the people in his administration were too âdecentâ to... Suspect in shooting of radio commentator arrested CMFR/Philippines â The police arrested on 27 August 2014 the alleged shooter of a radio commentator who had been shot and wounded a day earlier in Dagupan City. The suspect is the radio commentatorâs neighbor and is also alleged to be a drug-pusher, the police said. Dagupan City in... City official sues newspaper for libel over mining story CMFR/Philippines â The entire editorial staff and a correspondent of a newspaper in Cagayan de Oro City are facing a libel complaint over a 29 July 2014 report on allegedly illegal black sand mining operations in San Simon, an outlying village in the city. A member of the cityâs... Radio commentator shot and wounded CMFR/Philippines â An unidentified gunman shot and wounded a radio commentator in Dagupan City on 26 August 2014. The police said they have yet to determine the motive behind the incident, but the victim said his exposes on illegal drugs may have caused the shooting. Orlando âOrlyâ Navarro was... Radio anchor sues newspaper for libel CMFR/Philippines â A radio broadcaster filed a libel complaint against a national daily newspaper and two former government officials on 26 August 2014. The complaint stemmed from a March 2014 report that named the radio broadcaster as one of three broadcasters who were said to have received bribes from... Updated: Journalist gets death threat over Ampatuan Massacre report CMFR/Philippines â A journalist received threatening text messages on 12 August 2014 after reporting that some state and private prosecutors may have been bribed to fix the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre Trial in favor of the accused. âWhy wonât you stop? Do you want to die?â said a text message... Witness in killing of journalist shot dead; journalists mauled, threatened at gun point CMFR/Philippines – Unidentified men shot dead an eye witness in the killing of a journalist in Digos City in 2010 on 31 July 2014 in Davao City. Meanwhile, a policeman and two others allegedly mauled a camera man and threatened other journalists in a Karaoke bar in Agusan del... « Previous1…678910…47Next »
