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Unworthy
Posted by: Luis V. Teodoro | Posted on: October 29, 2012 | Filed under: Luis V. Teodoro
NOT FOR his distinguished legislative record—he practically had none—was Benigno S. Aquino III elected to the Philippine Presidency in 2010, but for his presumed libertarian and human rights heritage. Benigno...
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Finding justice for the slain journalists‘Extraordinary’ delays
Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: November 4, 2011 | Filed under: Press Freedom
INSTEAD OF speeding up the quest for justice, legal procedures can be used to delay, and worse, even bring judicial proceedings to a standstill. Petitions for certiorari and prohibition...
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Alleged killing mastermind asks court to stop reinvestigation
Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: October 11, 2011 | Filed under: Impunity
CMFR/Philippines – A former governor filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition last 3 October 2011 asking the Court of Appeals (CA) to stop the reinvestigation into his alleged...
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Attacks on journalists continue in the wake of second work-related killing
Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: February 17, 2011 | Filed under: Press Freedom
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Just days after the killing of Palawan-based radio broadcaster Gerardo Ortega, several attacks against journalists occurred in different parts of the Philippines. In Iloilo, a publisher-editor of...
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Police Officer Convicted for 2010 Murder of Broadcaster
Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: June 30, 2016 | Filed under: Alerts
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Davao City court convicted of murder with treachery last 27 June 2016 a police officer accused of the killing of broadcaster Desiderio Camangyan. Branch 10...
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Protecting Journalists, Protecting Democracy
Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: June 1, 2016 | Filed under: Attacks and threats against the media, Journalist killings, Statements
CMFR TAKES exception to President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s statement, made during his May 31st press conference in Davao City, that most of the journalists who have been killed in...
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Accused Mastermind in 2011 Killing of Journalist Granted Bail
Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: May 13, 2016 | Filed under: Attacks and threats against the media, Journalist killings, Press Freedom Protection
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Former Coron City, Palawan, Mayor Marjo Reyes, one of the accused in the 2011 killing of broadcaster and environmentalist Gerardo “Gerry” Ortega, has been granted bail....
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No illusions
Posted by: Luis V. Teodoro | Posted on: June 16, 2014 | Filed under: Luis V. Teodoro
No one should be under the illusion that every journalist killed for what he or she reported or commented on was fighting for freedom, for principle, for public interest,...
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CMFR STATEMENT: Philippine Day of Mourning
Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: May 2, 2014 | Filed under: Attacks and threats against the media, Ethics, Impunity, Journalist killings, Media Defense, Media watch, Press Freedom, Statements
WORLD PRESS Freedom Day has for many years been an occasion for mourning rather than celebration in the Philippines, where, since 1986, 140 journalists and media workers have been...
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Philippines still ranks 3rd in press freedom watchdog’s Impunity Index
Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Press Freedom
CMFR/Philippines – The Philippines retained its third place ranking behind Iraq and Somalia in the 2014 Impunity Index released on 16 April 2014. Published by the New York-based organization...