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 media practitioners killed in a week CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two media practitioners were killed by unidentified gunmen in separate incidents in the Southern provinces of Luzon this second week of June 2009. Police have yet to establish the motives behind the killings. On 12 June 2009, print journalist Antonio Castillo died three hours after being shot... WINNERS IN ONGPIN AWARDS KNOWN BY JUNE 25 For more information on the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism, please contact the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility at any of the following numbers: 894-1314/894-1326. ————————————————————————————————– WINNERS IN ONGPIN AWARDSKNOWN BY JUNE 25 THE BEST investigative and explanatory reports published in 2008 will be named... Reporter killed during a police operation CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A tabloid reporter covering an anti-illegal drugs operation was killed in a gunfight between the police team he came with and the alleged members of a crime syndicate in the town of Taytay, Rizal, approximately 17 kms from Manila, last 3 June 2009. Tiburcio “Jojo” Trajano Jr.,... Judge denies motion for reconsideration by alleged masterminds CMFR/PHILIPPINES—The Philippine press gained another victory in its fight against impunity after a local court in Sultan Kudarat affirmed its earlier denial of the motion to dismiss the case against the alleged masterminds in the killing of journalist Marlene Esperat. Sultan Kudarat is a province approximately 968 kms south... Journalist included in military “order of battle” CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine Army in southern Mindanao allegedly included a journalist and two media organizations in a 2007 watchlist of persons and organizations it claims to be connected to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its military arm, the New People’s Army (NPA). But the military... Community journalist, family unhurt in shooting attack CMFR/PHILIPPINES—A journalist from Bangued was unharmed after gunmen fired at her family’s house last 14 May 2009. Bangued is the capital of Abra, a province approximately 408 kms northwest of Manila. Marjorie Bandayrel-Trinidad, news editor of the weekly community newspaper Abra Today, said she and her husband were awakened... Police arrests accused in 2005 murder of journalist CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Local police arrested one of the alleged gunmen in the 2005 killing of journalist Philip Agustin on 13 May 2009 in Pampanga, a province approximately 81 kms from Manila. The Philippine National Police in Central Luzon arrested accused Nilo “Boy” Morete in Poblacion village, Mabalacat, Pampanga at... An update on and interpretation of the latest developments in People vs. Montañer and Sabay (The Marlene Esperat media murder case) By the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) (For more information, contact FFFJ’s legal counsel Prima Jesusa Quinsayas at this number: 5247686 loc. 228.) AFTER HAVING their Motion to Quash denied by Judge Milanio M. Guerrero of the Tacurong City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 20, the legal counsel... Journalist accused of wiretapping posts bail CMFR/PHILIPPINES—A Manila-based journalist posted bail on 8 May 2009 after a Philippine local court issued an arrest warrant in connection with a wiretapping complaint filed by a government official in November 2008. Judge Josephine Vitocruz of the Pasay Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 47 issued the warrant of arrest against... New arrest warrant out for suspects in slay of journalist CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Philippine local court issued a new arrest warrant for the suspects, one of them a police officer, in the 2008 killing of a radio broadcaster in General Santos City. General Santos City is a province approximately 1, 049 kms southeast of Manila. Regional Trial Court Branch... « Previous1…910111213…36Next »
