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Radio blocktimer shot dead in Mindanao

CMFR / Philippines – Police are still searching for the suspected gunmen who shot dead a radio blocktimer and indigenous tribe chief in Surigao del Sur last 14 October... Read more

Columnist shot dead in Isabela province

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Police have yet to identify the gunmen in the killing of a columnist in Alicia town, Isabela last 07 October 2011. Read more

Alleged killing mastermind asks court to stop reinvestigation

CMFR/Philippines – A former governor filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition last 3 October 2011 asking the Court of Appeals (CA) to stop the reinvestigation into his alleged... Read more

On the Marlene Esperat murder Court decision allows arrest of alleged masterminds

Statement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists on the Denial of the Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition filed by the alleged masterminds in the killing of Marlene Esperat Read more

Appellate court denies petition of alleged masterminds in killing of Esperat

The trial of the alleged masterminds in the killing of journalist Marlene Esperat will resume with the 19 August 2011 denial by the 21st division of the Philippine Court... Read more

Justice Department creates new panel to reinvestigate murder of Palawan-based broadcaster

The secretary of the Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered the formation of a new panel last 7 September 2011 to reinvestigate the murder of Palawan-based radio broadcaster... Read more

Broadcaster shot dead in southern Philippines

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster was gunned down by two unidentified gunmen last 22 August 2011 in Enrique B. Magalona town, Negros Occidental. Negros Occidental is approximately 467 kilometers... Read more

Impunity Update

THE INTERNATIONAL Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) designated Nov. 23 as the International Day to End Impunity during its biannual General Meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, from May... Read more

Murder complaint against former governors, four others dismissed

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A panel of public prosecutors found probable cause to file murder charges against the person who allegedly hired the gunman and the gunman’s accomplices in the killing... Read more

Four charged for March 2011 murder of Manila broadcaster

CMFR/PHILIPPINES— The local police of Malabon City filed murder charges against the four alleged killers of radio broadcaster Marlina Flores-Sumera at the city prosecutor’s office last 25 April 2011.... Read more