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Philippines down 34 places in Press Freedom Index

THE AMPATUAN massacre has put the Philippines in 156th place in the 2010 World Press Freedom Index of the Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF, Reporters Without Borders), 34 places... Read more

FIGHTING IMPUNITY: The 2010 multimedia competition to mark the first year of Ampatuan Massacre

ABOUT THE CONTEST This is a multimedia competition to encourage and enhance public awareness of the killing of journalists and the culture of impunity as part of the commemoration... Read more

Two broadcasters killed in separate incidents

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – As the Arroyo administration neared the end of its term this June 30, two other broadcasters were killed in separate incidents in the regions of Northern Luzon... Read more

Ex-broadcaster candidate killed

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A former freelance radio reporter on 14 April 2010 was shot dead in Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental. Initial police reports indicated the killing to be election-related. Ozamis... Read more

JUSTICE FOR MARLENE ESPERAT WILL HELP END IMPUNITY

Statement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ), the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) on the 5th anniversary... Read more

Killer of radio broadcaster-witness found guilty

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local court in Cebu City has found the accused killer of radio broadcaster Edgar Amoro, a key witness in the killing of his fellow Pagadian City-based... Read more

Broadcaster killed in Surigao del Sur

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A broadcaster in Surigao del Sur was killed last 27 July 2009, when president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo delivered her ninth State of the Nation address. Surigao del... Read more

Two media practitioners killed in a week

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two media practitioners were killed by unidentified gunmen in separate incidents in the Southern provinces of Luzon this second week of June 2009. Police have yet to... Read more

A Philippine court convicts one journalist’s killer; another acquits a suspect in a separate case

CMFR/PHILIPPINES—Two local courts recently decided two separate cases of work-related killing of broadcasters in Region XI (Davao Region). Eight out of the 78 work-related killing of journalists/media practitioners since... Read more

No suspects in Misamis Occidental broadcaster’s killing

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has no suspects in the killing of a broadcaster in Oroquieta City last 23 February 2009. Oroquieta City is the capital of... Read more