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 November 23 massacre update: Judge to decide on inhibition Pending the resolution of the Recusation (motion to inhibit) filed by the defense, a Philippine local court indefinitely suspended last 24 February 2010 the hearing on the petition for bail of the key suspect in the Maguindanao massacre case. The lawyers of prime suspect Andal “Unsay” Ampatuan Jr. want... Kidapawan journalist threatened CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – A Kidapawan-based print and radio journalist last week received threats after criticizing the increase of motorcycle theft incidents in North Cotabato. Kidapawan City is the capital city of North Cotabato, a province approximately 956 kilometers from Manila. On 01 February 2010, Malu Cadelina Manar received three... Killer of radio broadcaster-witness found guilty CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local court in Cebu City has found the accused killer of radio broadcaster Edgar Amoro, a key witness in the killing of his fellow Pagadian City-based broadcaster, Edgar Damalerio in May 2002, guilty. Cebu City is approximately 572 kilometers from Manila. In a 19-page decision dated... Broadcaster shot in Ilocos Sur over personal squabble CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A squabble with a neighbor allegedly led to the shooting that almost killed a radio commentator in Bantay town, Ilocos Sur, approximately 337 kilometers from Manila. Eugene “Commander Uno” Paet, a radio commentator of dwRS Commando Radio, was on his way home from work when two men... Doing Harm by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility COMMISSION on Human Rights Chair Leila de Lima has rightly reminded the media that Andal Ampatuan Jr., no matter how strong the evidence against him may be, still has rights, among them the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty.... Appeals court prohibits service of warrants against alleged masterminds CMFR/PHILIPPINES -The media are demanding justice for the victims of the November 23 Maguindanao massacre in which 31 of the 57 killed were journalists. But in the celebrated Marlene Esperat case, an appellate court in the Philippines granted last 3 December 2009 the motion for issuance of a writ... Unnecessary and Dangerous By the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility Dec. 8, 2009 The Philippine experience with martial rule has been painful, but has also been instructive. When it was in force, the entire country and the world, as well as its many victims, saw how, in the hands of the... For journalists, a reminder in perilous times (Let us know what you think. Please show your support by replying and disseminating this statement to your networks.) Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility Politics is writ large in the November 23 abduction and murder of over 52 people, at least 21 of them journalists.... 12 Journalists among those killed in Southern Philippines Massacre CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Armed men believed to be followers of a provincial warlord killed at least 12 local journalists who were accompanying the wife, relatives and lawyers of thea vice mayor of a town in Maguindanao provincee last November 23. Maguindanao is a province in Mindanao approximately 950 kms from... Photojournalist held at provincial governor’s house CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A photojournalist was detained and interrogated at the house of Iloilo Gov. Niel Tupas Sr. last 16 October 2009 for “taking photos of the house without permission.” Iloilo is a province approximately 467 kilometers from Manila. Photojournalist Tara Yap was checking the construction at the Tupas family’s... « Previous1…678910…36Next »
