Press Freedom Archives

This Week in Media (October 11 to 15, 2021)

2021 IS raining gold on Filipino women—women in particular who have had challenges thrown their way including attacks by the administration. Read more

Inquirer justice reporter red-tagged by NTF-ELCAC spox

Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., the spokesman for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), red-tagged INQUIRER.net’s justice beat reporter Tetch Torres-Tupas on his Facebook... Read more

ABS-CBN News YouTube channels back online hours after shutdown

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — ABS-CBN News and ANC (ABS-CBN News Channel) YouTube channels are back online a few hours after they were suspended by YouTube. The video streaming platform suspended the... 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

Disbarred lawyer threatens editor in Iloilo City

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A former Iloilo City councilor and disbarred lawyer threatened to “beat up” an editor over a news post about the former’s disbarment. Iloilo City is 655 kilometers... Read more

Police officer mauls, arrests radio reporter

CMFR/ Philippines – A senior police officer allegedly mauled and arrested a radio reporter on November 10 in a police station in Marikina City, Metro Manila. The police officer... Read more

Radio correspondent shot dead in QC; 150th killing of journalist since 1986 if work-related

CMFR/ Philippines – Two days before the commemoration of the International Day to End Impunity on November 2, an unidentified assailant shot dead a radio correspondent in front of... Read more

Protesters interrogate Iloilo-based photojournalist

CMFR/ Philippines – A group of protesters allegedly held and interrogated a photojournalist covering their protest along Iloilo Circumferential Road 1 on October 4, 2015. Read more

Local radio and TV owner-broadcaster charged with libel

A FORMER Digos city mayor filed more than 225 counts of criminal libel against an owner and broadcaster of a local radio and television station in Digos City, Davao... Read more

Alleged masterminds in Palawan broadcaster slay arrested in Thailand

The two Alleged masterminds in the killing of Palawan broadcaster Gerry Ortega in 2011 were arrested in Thailand Sunday, September 20. Read more