January-2013-alerts Archives | CMFR

• Broadcaster receives threatening text messages

  A radio broadcaster in Camarines Norte received a series of threatening text (SMS) messages last 19 and 21 January 2013. Camarines Norte is approximately 300 kilometers south-west of Manila. Read more

• Community journalist found guilty of indirect contempt

  A local publisher-editor was found guilty January 18, 2013 of an indirect contempt charge initiated by the executive judge of the Regional Trial Court of Virac, Catanduanes. Read more

• Journalist accused of indirect contempt jailed prior to hearing

  A publisher-editor had been detained at a local police camp in Virac, Catanduanes since 15 January 2013, following an order to arrest him for the hearing of a trial... Read more

• Anonymous text message alleges plan to kill journalist

  Two journalists in Kidapawan City in the province of Cotabato received a text message last 13 January 2013 from an unknown sender alleging a politician’s plot to kill another... Read more

• Libel complaint against editor, media researcher dismissed (UPDATED)

  A prosecutor dismissed a libel complaint filed by a physician against the online news editor and the head of research of a Manila-based media network for insufficiency... Read more

• Publisher lodges complaint vs local government employee

  A publisher-editor and his driver-messenger in Malolos City claimed they were manhandled by local government employees in two separate incidents in January 2013. Read more

• FM radio blocktimer is first media practitioner killed in 2013

  A city councilor who is also a radio blocktimer was shot dead by a lone gunman in an apparent ambush in San Pablo City in the province of Laguna... Read more