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Broadcaster shot dead in Philippine Capital

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Exactly on the sixth anniversary of the killing of a woman journalist in 2005, another woman broadcaster was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Malabon City... Read more

Justice delayed

Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) on the 15th month since the Ampatuan Massacre of November 23, 2009 THE TRIAL of those formally accused in... Read more

Neither closure nor justice

Statement of the FFFJ on the murder complaint against the alleged masterminds in the killing of Gerry Ortega The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists Inc. (FFFJ) calls for the... Read more

Widow of slain journalist files charges against former governors, mayor

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – THE WIDOW of a Palawan radio broadcaster named two former provincial governors and a town mayor suspects in the 24 January 2011 killing of her husband. (Palawan... Read more

Attacks on journalists continue in the wake of second work-related killing

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Just days after the killing of Palawan-based radio broadcaster Gerardo Ortega, several attacks against journalists occurred in different parts of the Philippines. In Iloilo, a publisher-editor of... Read more

Alleged gunman, 4 others charged for killing of Palawan broadcaster

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – THE ALLEGED gunman in the killing of a Palawan-based broadcaster faced inquest proceedings last 26 January 2011. (Palawan province is 592 kilometers south of Manila.) The Philippine... Read more

CMFR Philippine Press Freedom Report 2010 released

THE VICTORY of Benigno Simeon Aquino III in the 2010 presidential elections was widely expected to usher in a new era of governance. Aquino was also perceived as committed... Read more

Radio broadcaster killed in Palawan

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster was shot dead in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan province last 24 January 2011. If the killing is work related, Ortega will be the second... Read more

Reporter fears his being surveilled could be connected to massacre

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A journalist in General Santos City claims that unidentified men have been watching his house. General Santos City is a chartered city in the southernmost Philippine island... Read more

Broadcaster threatened over illegal gambling report

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster received death threats on his mobile phone after reporting on illegal gambling in Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental. Misamis Oriental is a province... Read more