March 2013 alerts Archives | CMFR

• CA again nullifies reinvestigation of Ortega slay

  Another Division of the Court of Appeals (CA) has nullified the creation of a second panel of prosecutors to reinvestigate the killing of broadcaster and environmentalist Gerardo Ortega, and... Read more

• Broadcaster assaulted for “negative” commentaries

  ALLEGED RELATIVES OF a local candidate in Lanao del Norte attacked a broadcaster in Iligan City last 18 March 2013. Iligan City, a chartered city in Lanao del Norte,... Read more

• Reporter threatened, informed of new plan to kill him

  A year after surviving a slay attempt, a journalist based in Metro Manila is again under threat in connection with a police raid on an illegal drug trade site. Read more

• Government agents use reporter to access Sulu Sultan’s home

  Alleged agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) posed as members of a TV news crew so they could enter the house of Sulu Sultanate head Datu Abdul... Read more

• Mayor files libel complaint vs. blocktimer

  A mayor in Pampanga province filed a libel complaint against a radio blocktimer last 21 February 2013. It was the second libel complaint filed by the mayor against broadcaster... Read more

• Reporter survives slay attempt

  CMFR/Philippines – A freelance reporter in Bacoor City, Cavite survived two gunshot wounds in a slay attempt in the morning of 6 March 2013. Bacoor City, Cavite is about... Read more

• Correspondent mauled for alleged ‘bias’

  POLICE OFFICERS mauled a correspondent-photojournalist covering the supposed raid by disaster victims of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) office in Davao City last 27 February 2013.... Read more