March 2009 alerts Archives | CMFR

• International journalists’ mission tells Arroyo: Stopping killing of journalists could be your legacy

  MANILA, Philippines–A multinational Southeast Asian journalists’ mission has called on the Arroyo government to intensify efforts to prosecute the killers of journalists and to arrest the suspected masterminds in... Read more

• Regional military unit denies threatening radio broadcaster

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster from Davao City allegedly received a message through his mobile phone last 16 March 2009 threatening him for his supposedly biased reporting. The radio... Read more

• Television news team released from police detention

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio reporter and a television cameraman were released last 16 March 2009 after nearly 12 hours of detention in a police station in Batasan Hills, Quezon... Read more

• Two suspects in slay attempt against radio broadcaster surrender

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two suspects in the slay attempt against a Cagayan de Oro City-based radio broadcaster surrendered to the local police on 9 March 2009. But both denied involvement... Read more

• Legislator refuses to comment on alleged threat against radio broadcaster

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A legislator allegedly threatened a block-time radio broadcaster from Davao del Sur over the radio on 1 March 2009. But the congressman has refused to comment on... Read more