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Philippine ranking drops in World Press Freedom Index

CMFR/Philippines – The Philippines dropped from 147th place in 2013 to 149th in the 2014 World Press Freedom Index released on 12 February 2014 by the Paris-based organization Reporters Without... Read more

Chronicle

PCIJ co-founder is new Academic Dean at Columbia Journalism School Co-founder and former executive director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Sheila Coronel is the new Dean of... Read more

Court downgrades charge from murder to homicide in radio broadcaster’s killing

CMFR/Philippines – A Court in Cebu City on 16 January 2014 convicted a man of homicide in the case of a radio broadcaster killed 13 years ago in the... Read more

Radio reporter still under threat years after surviving slay attempt

CMFR/Philippines – A radio reporter in Bukidnon province has been receiving threatening text messages and said a suspicious man on an unregistered motorbike came looking for him at his... Read more

Reporter barred from covering city council meeting

CMFR/Philippines – A reporter in Lipa City in the province of Batangas was barred from covering a city council meeting on 13 January 2014. His stories on the city... Read more

Foreign nationals assault news crew in southern Philippines

CMFR/Philippines –Three foreign nationals running an allegedly illegal roadside eatery and karaoke house in Zamboanga City assaulted a member of TV news crew on 11 December 2013. The news... Read more

SEAPA: Urgent and decisive response needed to curb media killings

It is a terrible coincidence that there have been three murders of journalists in the Philippines between International Day to End Impunity (IDEI on 23 November) and the International... Read more

Human waste thrown at radio station after shooting of broadcaster

CMFR/Philippines – Two days after a reporter of a radio station in Iloilo City was shot and wounded outside his house, four men riding in tandem threw human waste... Read more

Estranged wife and police officer accused of murdering radio broadcaster

CMFR/Philippines – Eight suspects including the radio broadcaster’s wife and a police officer have been charged with the murder of a radio broadcaster last 06 December 2013 in Tandag... Read more

Radio reporter survives shooting incident

CMFR/Philippines – Two men riding in tandem on a motorcycle ambushed and wounded a broadcaster of a radio station in Iloilo City on 10 December 2013. Iloilo City in... Read more