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QC court convicts Baguio-based journo of cyber libel

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: December 16, 2022 | Filed under: Press Freedom

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Quezon City court convicted Baguio-based journalist and Rappler correspondent Frank Cimatu of cyber libel on December 13 over a 2017 Facebook post that the court said...
CMFR Statement on Libel Suits filed by Cusi and Uy

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: December 7, 2021 | Filed under: Statements

THE LIBEL suits brought by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and businessman Dennis Uy against 21 journalists and seven news organizations is a case all too familiar in this presidency:...
Inquirer apologizes to libel plaintiff for 2014 PDAF stories; Former editor hits management for apology

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: August 9, 2021 | Filed under: Press Freedom Protection

THE PHILIPPINE Daily Inquirer on 30 July 2021 issued an apology to dzBB news anchor Carmelo del Prado for its 2014 investigative reports linking the broadcaster to the 10-billion...
2 Broadcasters Convicted of Online Libel in Cotabato

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: March 26, 2019 | Filed under: Alerts

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two radio broadcasters in Kidapawan City were convicted of online libel Friday, 22 March 2019 on charges filed by North Cotabato Governor Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza. Kidapawan City...
Rappler’s Maria Ressa Posts Bail on Cyber Libel

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: February 14, 2019 | Filed under: Alerts

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa posted bail today, 14 February 2019, at Branch 46 of the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) in connection with a...
NBI Subpoenas Rappler CEO, Former Reporter Re Cyber Libel Complaint

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: January 24, 2018 | Filed under: Alerts

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Scarcely a week after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revoked online news site Rappler’s incorporation papers, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) subpoenaed CEO Maria...
LIBEL WATCH: Journalist Held by Police, Another Charged, One Case Dismissed

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: December 15, 2017 | Filed under: Attacks and threats against the media

CMFR/Philippines – Several journalists faced libel challenges in November. One broadcaster accused of libel was held by the police, while a libel complaint was filed against another, an...
Libel Cases: Three Journalists Charged, One Case Dismissed, News Team Posts Bail

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: August 18, 2017 | Filed under: Alerts

LEGAL TUSSLES in one week involved several journalists. Three newsmen were charged with libel. A libel case was dismissed. And a news team posted bail to avoid arrest...
Dumaguete Radioman Acquitted of Libel

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: July 12, 2017 | Filed under: Attacks and threats against the media, Libel Watch

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local radio anchor was acquitted on charges of two counts of libel on 30 June 2017 in Dumaguete, the capital of the province of Negros...
Journalist facing libel charges receives death threats

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: December 6, 2016 | Filed under: Alerts, Attacks and threats against the media

CMFR/Philippines – A journalist received death threats while waiting for his libel case to be heard in the Quezon City Prosecutors Office on 23 November 2016. Pangasinan-based The...