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Court orders arrest of alleged masterminds in killing of journalist

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local court in Sultan Kudarat has ordered the arrest of the alleged masterminds in the 2005 killing of a journalist a day after murder charges were... Read more

Murder charges filed against alleged masterminds in killing of journalist

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Murder charges against the alleged masterminds in the 2005 killing of journalist Marlene Esperat have been filed before a local court in Sultan Kudarat. Sultan Kudarat is... Read more

Broadcasters receive death threats; Mining Exec threatens to sue paper for P100 million

CMFR/Philippines – Two Davao City-based radio broadcasters received death threats after reporting alleged extortion activities involving some local government officials. Davao City is approx. 978 kms from Manila. Erin... Read more

Journalists shot at in Maguindanao

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Three Mindanao correspondents were reportedly shot at during a supposed clash between the Philippine Army and alleged members of the separatist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)... Read more

Journalists’ suit against president’s husband to proceed

CMFR/Philippines—The Court of Appeals has denied a motion by the husband of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to quash the case, filed against him by journalists in response to his... Read more

Update on the Rolando Ureta case hearing

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility has created a video report on the Sept. 16 hearing of the murder case filed against the alleged killers of radio broadcaster... Read more

High Court upholds guilty verdict against columnist

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Supreme Court of the Philippines on 16 September 2008 affirmed the guilty verdict on a 1999 libel case filed by a customs official against a columnist,... Read more

Publisher jailed for libel, libel conviction of another affirmed

CMFR/Philippines—The publisher of a daily newspaper in Manila was arrested on 4 September 2008 for libel, while another newspaper publisher’s libel conviction was affirmed after a judge denied her... Read more

Appeals Court reverses decision on a libel case

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Saying it would have “a devastating and catastrophic effect on the freedom of speech and of the press,” the Court of Appeals (CA) reversed on 28 August... Read more

Radio broadcaster dies five days after being shot

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster died of his wounds 9 August 2008, five days after he was shot by unknown assailants in General Santos City, South Cotabato. General Santos... Read more