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 President’s son wants Facebook regulated CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Philippine legislator, one of the sons of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, has called for tighter regulation over the content of the social networking site Facebook. Pampanga 2nd district Representative Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo told The Daily Tribune that Facebook and other similar sites should be regulated... Writers allege being spied on by Philippine military CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) allegedly placed under surveillance two renowned Filipino writers. Bienvenido Lumbera, a National Artist for Literature and a professor at the University of the Philippines (UP), is planning to file charges at the Commission of Human Rights of the Philippines against... Supreme Court grants transfer of trial venue of frustrated murder of a broadcaster CMFR/PHILIPPINES -The Philippine Supreme Court approved last 10 August 2009 the change of venue of the trial of the suspects in the frustrated murder of a Cagayan de Oro City-based broadcaster to Makati City. Cagayan de Oro City is approximately 789 kilometers from Manila. The Third Division of the... Former president sues Manila broadsheet CMFR/PHILIPPINES-Deposed president Joseph “Erap” Estrada filed on 17 September 2009 a libel complaint against a Manila-based broadsheet for a report on his alleged coercion of a businessman in 1998. Libel is a criminal offense in the Philippines. Media groups have been calling for the decriminalization of libel, which has... Court grants petition to change venue of suspected killers’ trial CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine Supreme Court granted the petition for the transfer of the trial venue of the case against the alleged killers of broadcaster Dennis Cuesta from General Santos City to Makati City last 13 July 2009. The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) received the decision on... Editors receive death threats CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Editors of a Davao City-based newspaper received death threats last 20 August 2009 for publishing stories allegedly biased for the city government. Stella Estremera and Virginia “Gigie” Agtay, editor in chief and news editor, respectively, of Sun.Star Davao, received two threatening messages last 20 August. Both messages... Three government media staff hurt in shooting attack CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Three practitioners from government media aboard a helicopter with military personnel survived a shooting attack by still unidentified men in Basilan province last 16 August 2009 at around 10:45 a.m. (local time). Television reporter George Bandola of the state-owned National Broadcasting Network-Channel 4, cameraman Egay Luciano and... Columnist survives grenade attack CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A columnist based in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte survived a grenade attack last 31 July 2009. Laoag City is approximately 402 kilometers from Manila. Businessman Steve Barriero, who writes a column for the community weekly Ilocos Times, was unhurt. He said he was about to enter his... Broadcaster killed in Surigao del Sur CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A broadcaster in Surigao del Sur was killed last 27 July 2009, when president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo delivered her ninth State of the Nation address. Surigao del Sur is a province in Mindanao approximately 877 kms from Manila. A gunman approached and shot broadcaster Godofredo Linao Jr.... Non-attribution JEERS TO Inquirer.net for non-attribution of information which appears in national government websites. The Inquirer.net microsite Inquirer Politics published the profiles and resumĂ©s of senators as well as government officials. At the end of the profiles and resumes, Inquirer.net writes: “© Copyright 2009 INQUIRER.net. All rights reserved. This material... « Previous1…7891011…36Next »
