July 2013 Alerts Archives | CMFR

• Police officer attacks journalists covering protest

  CMFR/Philippines – A police officer allegedly attacked a journalist from an online newspaper and his colleague, and damaged  cameras and other equipment during the dispersal of protesters along Commonwealth... Read more

• Two columnists shot dead in Manila

  CMFR/Philippines – Two newspaper columnists were shot dead on 30 July 2013 in Quezon City in the National Capital Region (NCR). The daughter of one of the slain said... Read more

• TV broadcaster receives more threatening texts after airing Ampatuan-related report

  CMFR/Philippines – A television broadcaster in Manila received more threatening text messages last 27 and 29 July 2013 after receiving threats via SMS last July 24. The messages... Read more

• TV broadcaster receives threatening text message

  CMFR/Philippines – A television news broadcaster in Manila tweeted a screen grab of a threatening text message she received after she aired a report last 24 July 2013. The... Read more

• Seven broadcasters facing libel suit

  CMFR/Philippines – Five broadcasters and two radio station owners in Camarines Norte province filed counter-affidavits last 4 June 2013 in response to a libel case filed against them by... Read more

• Radio host punched three times, sent three bullets the next day

  CMFR/Philippines – The security officer of a governor threatened and physically assaulted a radio broadcaster last 11 July 2013 in Daet town, Camarines Norte province, some 300 kilometers southwest... Read more

• Publisher shot and wounded; 2 men arrested

  CMFR/Philippines – Three men on a motorbike shot and wounded a newspaper publisher near a waiting shed last 2 July 2013 in Santa Barbara town, Pangasinan province.  Police arrested... Read more

• Radio station employee hurt in grenade attack

  CMFR/Philippines – A grenade attack on a radio station in Maramag town in Bukidnon province last 26 June 2013 injured at least one individual, but could have been targeting... Read more