CMFR Philippines Alerts Archives | Page 27 of 46

(UPDATED) Radio anchor threatened over commentaries

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Cagayan de Oro-based radio broadcaster received threatening SMS (text) messages last 14 May and 17 May 2011. Cagayan de Oro City is approximately 786 kilometers south... Read more

TV reporters hurt during demolition

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two TV reporters got hurt while covering a confrontation between local authorities and informal settlers during a demolition of the latter’s homes in Makati City last 28... Read more

Four charged for March 2011 murder of Manila broadcaster

CMFR/PHILIPPINES— The local police of Malabon City filed murder charges against the four alleged killers of radio broadcaster Marlina Flores-Sumera at the city prosecutor’s office last 25 April 2011.... Read more

Slain journalist’s widow faces contempt charges

A widow of an Ampatuan (Maguindanao) massacre victim and a director of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) are facing possible contempt charges for publicly criticizing... Read more

Libel charges against publisher and columnist dismissed

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local court in Metro Manila dismissed a libel case against a columnist and the publisher of a national daily last 31 March 2011. The order was... Read more

Journalists allege manhandling by US envoy’s escorts and military hospital guards

CMFR/Philippines – Journalists covering the turnover of donations by the US Embassy to a military hospital in Quezon City said they were manhandled by the envoy’s escorts and by... Read more

Another broadcaster arrested for libel (UPDATED)

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Another broadcaster facing libel charges was arrested last 18 April 2011 in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte. Lanao del Norte is a province approximately 792 kilometers south... Read more

Libel complaint against journalists dismissed

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A provincial prosecutor dismissed last 18 January 2011 a libel complaint filed by a government employee against a columnist and the editors of a local newspaper in... Read more

Alleged gunman in the 2006 murder of Palawan radioman acquitted

CMFR/PHILIPPINES –A court in Palawan acquitted a former police officer accused of killing a broadcaster in 2006. The decision was promulgated 11 April 2011. In a decision dated 8... Read more

Broadcaster shot dead in Philippine Capital

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Exactly on the sixth anniversary of the killing of a woman journalist in 2005, another woman broadcaster was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Malabon City... Read more