CMFR Philippines Alerts Archives | Page 42 of 46

Radio station bombed

An unidentified individual onboard a motorcycle bombed the service vehicle of dxCC (828kHz), a radio station of the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN), parked in front of the station in... Read more

Manila-based newspaper charged with inciting to sedition

CMFR/Philippines—The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged the publisher and two columnists of Manila-based newspaper The Daily Tribune, a known critic of the Gloria Arroyo administration, with inciting to... Read more

Quezon City court drops editor’s libel cases against actress

CMFR/Philippines—TWO LIBEL cases, this time filed by a journalist against an actress, were dropped on 30 January 2007 after both parties reached an out-of-court settlement. Quezon City Regional Trial... Read more

Another journalist shot dead in Mindanao

CMFR/Philippines—The associate publisher of Lightning Courier, a news weekly in Mindanao, was shot dead by a lone gunman just outside his house in Sultan Kudarat, Shariff Kabunsuan, on the... Read more

President’s husband files another libel charge

CMFR/Philippines—Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, husband of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo sued seven staff members of the Manila-based broadsheet Philippine Daily Inquirer, including the publisher and several editors, and... Read more

Journalists post bail for libel charges filed by Arroyo spouse

CMFR/Philippines—Journalists Ramon, Erwin, and Raffy Tulfo posted a P10, 000 (US$200) bail bond each at the Quezon City Regional Trial court branch 83 after a judge issued warrants for... Read more

Case against suspected killers of journalists reopened

CMFR/Philippines—A resolution by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on 16 January 2007 ordered the reopening of the murder case against the suspected killers of radio broadcaster Rolando Ureta, who... Read more

Provincial governor warns journalists

CMFR/Philippines—Governor Josie Mendoza dela Cruz of Bulacan, a province north of Manila, on 22 January 2007 warned journalists that she will file libel charges against them if they report... Read more

Media lawyer and family threatened with death

CMFR/Philippines—The lawyer handling the class action suit of Filipino journalists against presidential spouse Jose Miguel Arroyo received several threatening text messages and a phone call on 3 January 2007.... Read more

Pampanga reporter arrested for libel

CMFR/Philippines—A reporter in Pampanga, a province 80 kilometers north of Manila, was arrested on 19 December 2006 for libel. Dante Fabian, a senior reporter for Sun.Star Pampanga, was arrested... Read more