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Two arrested for killing of reporter

CMFR Philippines – Two men including the alleged gunman in the murder of tabloid correspondent Nerlita Ledesma were arrested Sunday, January 11 in Bataan Province. Read more

Tabloid correspondent killed in Bataan

CMFR/Philippines – Unidentified men shot dead a correspondent of a Manila-based tabloid in Balanga City, Bataan province on 8 January 2015. Balanga City is 122 kilometers south of Manila. Read more

International concern, local indifference

IN A disturbing—and irony-ridden—demonstration of official hostility to the Constitutional guarantee of press freedom, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has prevented journalists from covering the trial of the alleged... Read more

A million candles

The candle lighting ceremony at the EDSA Shrine is a quiet memorial. CMFR will lead the lighting of A Million Candles on November 23, 2014 (Sunday), at 6:00 p.m.... Read more

[MEDIA ADVISORY: FOR COVERAGE] ON THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE AMPATUAN MASSACRE: Chief Justice Sereno to Keynote Forum on Impunity

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P. A. Sereno will keynote the Journalism Asia Forum (JAF) on November 23, 2014 organized by the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR). The... Read more

TIMELINE: Highlights of the Ampatuan Massacre Trial

Highlights of the on-going trial on the Ampatuan, Maguindanao Massacre where 58 persons including 32 journalists and media workers were killed on November 23, 2009. Read more

Ampatuan massacre prosecutor to talk on ending impunity at UN event

CMFR/Philippines – Free expression advocacy organization Article 19 will hold a side event on 17 September 2014 during the 27th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)... Read more

Minimizing the killings

NO ONE — certainly not the journalism community and the public it serves — benefits from the attempts to make it seem as if the killing of journalists in... Read more

Justice Department orders filing of charges against former officials for murder of journalist

CMFR/Philippines – The Department of Justice on 26 August 2014 ordered the Investigating Prosecutor and Prosecutor General to file charges against two former elected officials for the June 2010... Read more

President says many ‘media killings’ not related to work

CMFR/Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III said in an interview with Bombo Radyo on 27 August 2014 that many of the reported incidents of “media killings” were not related... Read more