media killings Archives

Broadcaster Noel Bellen Samar shot dead in Albay

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Bicolano broadcaster Noel Bellen Samar, 54, was shot by two unidentified gunmen on October 20 in Guinobatan, Albay. A radio reporter for Kadunong Internet TV and DWIZ... Read more

The Percy Lapid Case: ‘On the Job’s’ Macabre Premise Realized

THE INVOLVEMENT of several inmates and some still unnamed prison officials in the killing of journalist Percy Lapid recalls what was presented as fiction in the film franchise “On... Read more

Radio commentator shot dead in Las Piñas

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Two unidentified men shot and killed a veteran radio commentator on 3 October 2022 in Las Piñas, Metro Manila. Read more

Online news commentator shot dead in Sorsogon

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Two men on a motorcycle shot dead an online news commentator in Sorsogon City on 14 September 2020. Sorsogon is 529 kilometers south of Manila. Jobert “Polpog”... Read more

Radio Blocktimer Shot in Negros Oriental

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Unidentified men on a motorcycle shot and killed a radio blocktimer, who was running for councilor in 2019, in La Libertad, Negros Oriental on 28 December 2018.... Read more

A Step Backward in the Campaign to End Impunity

AS THE world observes International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2, the press community in the Philippines carves out a more extended period... Read more

In the Know: Providing Background Information

CHEERS to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for providing background information on past government bodies tasked to look into the killing of journalists. The Inquirer published the banner story... Read more

In the Philippines: Three Journalists Were Killed for Their Work in 2015

THE CENTER for Media Freedom and Responsibility takes exception to the statement in the 2015 Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) report on the killing of journalists worldwide that... Read more

Ending the Killing of Journalists: State Action Urgently Needed

Statement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists The United Nations declared November 2 as International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. However, press freedom advocates in the... Read more

STATEMENT: Toward Resolving the Ortega Case

The deportation to the Philippines and subsequent arrest of the alleged masterminds in the 2011 killing of broadcaster and environmental advocate Gerardo Ortega have awakened hopes that... Read more