press freedom threat Archives

Rappler correspondent barred from coverage

CMFR?PHILIPPINES -- A Rappler reporter was initially barred from entering the premises of the Central Visayas police headquarters in Cebu City on May 14 to cover the release of... Read more

Electric supplier files PHP20M suit against columnist

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The power supplier for the Central Negros Electric Cooperative filed a PHP20-million libel suit against a columnist of a local newspaper last 5 March 2015. Read more

Radio station bombing linked to illegal numbers game

CMFR/Philippines – Unidentified men threw homemade explosives at a government-run radio station in Tabuk City, Kalinga last 24 May 2011. The attack is believed to be in retaliation for... Read more

Action Requested

Almost a month has passed since Vietnamese authorities arrested a press freedom advocate for allegedly distributing “anti-state propaganda” at his home in Ho Chi Minh City on June 13.... Read more

Update on the Rolando Ureta case hearing

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility has created a video report on the Sept. 16 hearing of the murder case filed against the alleged killers of radio broadcaster... Read more

Malalad’s counterattack justified

ABS-CBN 2 reporter Gretchen Malalad’s retaliatory attack against former basketball player Bong Alvarez who had elbowed and grabbed her by the hair yesterday was justified, according to Luis V.... Read more

Commission on Election bans election quick counts

The Commission on Elections (Comelec), the government body responsible for running elections in the Philippines, ordered a stop on 16 May 2007 to the ‘media counts’ being conducted by... Read more

Court bars airing of public affairs program story

A local public affairs was barred from airing a story on 12 May 2007 by a temporary restraining order (TRO). A representative from Lanao del Norte’s second district secured... Read more

Foreign journalists barred from interview in military camp

Two journalists from the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (Focap) were banned from entering the Philippine Marines headquarters in Taguig City on 9 May 2007 for a pre-... Read more

Radio station bombed

An unidentified individual onboard a motorcycle bombed the service vehicle of dxCC (828kHz), a radio station of the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN), parked in front of the station in... Read more