October 2008 alerts Archives | CMFR

• Court denies petition of alleged masterminds in Esperat killing

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Manila Court of Appeals denied on 15 October 2008 the petition for certiorari and prohibition filed by the alleged masterminds to stop the re-investigation of, and... Read more

• Court orders arrest of alleged masterminds in killing of journalist

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local court in Sultan Kudarat has ordered the arrest of the alleged masterminds in the 2005 killing of a journalist a day after murder charges were... Read more

• Murder charges filed against alleged masterminds in killing of journalist

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Murder charges against the alleged masterminds in the 2005 killing of journalist Marlene Esperat have been filed before a local court in Sultan Kudarat. Sultan Kudarat is... Read more

• Broadcasters receive death threats; Mining Exec threatens to sue paper for P100 million

  CMFR/Philippines – Two Davao City-based radio broadcasters received death threats after reporting alleged extortion activities involving some local government officials. Davao City is approx. 978 kms from Manila. Erin... Read more

• Journalists shot at in Maguindanao

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Three Mindanao correspondents were reportedly shot at during a supposed clash between the Philippine Army and alleged members of the separatist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)... Read more