August 2009 alerts Archives | CMFR

• Court grants petition to change venue of suspected killers’ trial

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine Supreme Court granted the petition for the transfer of the trial venue of the case against the alleged killers of broadcaster Dennis Cuesta from General... Read more

• Editors receive death threats

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Editors of a Davao City-based newspaper received death threats last 20 August 2009 for publishing stories allegedly biased for the city government. Stella Estremera and Virginia “Gigie”... Read more

• JOURNALISTS STILL BEING KILLED 26 YEARS AFTER NINOY’S DEATH

  Statement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) on the failure of the Philippine National Police to arrest the suspects in the murders of Marlene Esperat and Dennis... Read more

• Three government media staff hurt in shooting attack

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Three practitioners from government media aboard a helicopter with military personnel survived a shooting attack by still unidentified men in Basilan province last 16 August 2009 at... Read more