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 Appellate court denies presidential spouse’s bid to stop class suit CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Court of Appeals (CA) in Manila denied for “lack of merit” the motion for reconsideration presidential spouse Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo had filed to stop the hearing of the class suit filed by 36 journalists and three media organizations against him. On 24 February 2009, the... ASEAN parliamentarians form caucus on rights and free expression; call on ASEAN leaders to uphold press freedom For further information, please contact Southeast Asian Press Alliance executive director Roby Alampay at this number: (+6681)5501120. —————————————————————————————– We, legislators from the different member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), gathered in Cha-am, Thailand, on February 28, 2009, hereby announce the formation of an ASEAN Legislative... Drug trade trends CHEERS TO GMA News Research for an informative report on current trends in the Philippine drug trade. The Feb. 12 report found that illegal drug laboratories in the past three years have proliferated and that drug traffickers have moved them to isolated rural villages outside Manila to avoid detection.... Mayor denies threatening reporter-columnist CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A tabloid reporter-columnist said the mayor of Lumban town, Laguna province, threatened him last 22 February 2009. Laguna is about 104 kms. southeast of Manila. The mayor has denied making the threat. People’s Tonight reporter and columnist Paul Gutierrez claimed that Lumban mayor Wilfredo Paraiso called him... Presence of Malice Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on the Right of Reply Bills SENATOR Aquilino Pimentel Jr.’s sponsorship of the Senate version of the Right of Reply bill has moved some media colleagues to assume absence of malice in its intentions, although they don’t seem to have... TV reporter receives death threat CMFR/PHILIPPINES – An unidentified man on a motorcycle threatened to kill a television reporter last 10 February 2009 in Roxas City, Capiz. Capiz is a province approximately 411 kms from Manila. Harold Feliciano, a reporter and cameraman for local television company Filvision ALTO Cable TV, was on his motorcycle... (UPDATED) Warrant of arrest against suspects in journalist’s slay lifted CMFR/PHILIPPINES – After losing jurisdiction over the case, a judge recalled the arrest warrant he issued against the suspected gunmen in the murder of a radio broadcaster in General Santos City last 12 February 2009. General Santos City is a province approximately 1, 049 kms southeast of Manila. General... Cold line CHEERS TO abs-cbnNEWS.com for a Feb. 3 report that demonstrated in practice journalism’s being a discipline of verification. The story reported that the “24/7” hotline of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) for workers displaced by the global financial crisis, which DoLE said had operational since Jan. 30,... Court issues arrest warrant against suspects in radio broadcaster’s slay CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local court issued on 16 February 2009 arrest warrants against two suspects in the murder of radio broadcaster Arecio Padrigao last year in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, a province about 785 kilometers south of Manila. Judge Rustico Paderanga of Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 27 in... Warrant against suspects in journalist’s slay lifted CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A judge in General Santos City lifted last 12 February 2009 the warrant of arrest he himself had issued against the alleged killers of radio broadcaster Dennis Cuesta. General Santos is approximately 1,049 kms southeast of Manila. Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 36 judge Isaac Alvero Moran... « Previous1…1112131415…36Next »
