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 Escalating the Cost of Free Expression Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility Statement on the conviction for libel of Ninez Cacho-Olivares The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility views with alarm the conviction for libel and sentencing to a prison term as well as payment of fines of Daily Tribune publisher and editor Ninez Cacho–Olivares.... A blow to press freedom THE Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility looks at the dismissal by the Makati Regional Trial Court of the class suit it filed with other media organizations and individual journalists as particularly alarming, and agrees with counsel Harry Roque that it could yet be the biggest blow to press... Judge dismisses case filed by journalists against Manila Pen arrests CMFR/Philippines—A Makati, Philippines Regional Trial Court judge dismissed a class suit filed by journalists and media organizations against government officials who caused the arrest of several dozen journalists covering a press conference by rebel soldiers on November 29, 2007. The P10 million (approx. US$245,600) suit was filed in response... Legitimizing bandits Would it have improved the prospects for peace negotiations between the bandit group and the government if ABS-CBN’s Ces Drilon had obtained and aired that exclusive interview with the new leaders of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) she said she was after? Should peace negotiations between a police problem... Three journalists abducted by terrorist group CMFR/Philippines—Three journalists from a major media network along with their source have been missing since 8 June 2008 in Sulu, Mindanao, and are believed to have been abducted by the Abu Sayyaf, the terrorist group based in Southern Philippines. Sulu is an island approximately 1,000 km south of Manila.... Critical newspaper publisher convicted of libel, sentenced to jail CMFR/Philippines—The publisher of a daily newspaper critical of the Arroyo government was found guilty of libel on 5 June 2008 and sentenced to a minimum of six months to a maximum of two years in prison. She was also ordered to pay P5 million (approximately $113,480) in moral damages... Hearing on murder of journalist seven years ago begins CMFR/Philippines—The trial of the suspect in the killing of a radio journalist in 2001 began 9 May 2008 in Cebu City, Cebu with the journalist’s widow stating under direct examination by the prosecution that her husband had received death threats in relation to his job as a journalist before... Impunity in the Philippines By Joel Simon and Sheila Coronel, Committee to Protect Journalists At a recent conference on press freedom and impunity held in Manila, attorney Nena Santos declared, “My heart bleeds for justice for a friend and children of all the victims.” That friend was Marlene Garcia-Esperat, a crusading investigative reporter... Legal experts, journalists, press freedom and human rights advocates attend international conference on press freedom and impunity in Manila Just three months after scores of journalists and media practitioners were arrested after covering the Manila Peninsula siege, over a hundred legal experts, judges, journalists, press freedom and human rights advocates from all over the world along with some local government officials gathered at the same site, this time... GMANews.TV’s precious sidebars Cheers to Gmanews.tv for providing background accounts of the series of alleged anomalies involving presidential spouse Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo and election chair Benjamin Abalos. Both reports served as sidebars to articles written on the controversial national broadband network (NBN) project that implicated both Arroyo and Abalos. (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/79636/Controversies-linked-to-Jose-Miguel-Mike-Arroyo and... « Previous1…1516171819…36Next »
