Press Freedom Archives | Page 17 of 22

Anonymous text message alleges plan to kill journalist

Two journalists in Kidapawan City in the province of Cotabato received a text message last 13 January 2013 from an unknown sender alleging a politician’s plot to kill another... Read more

Cebu opinion column disappears, suspended gov eyed

A DAILY newspaper and a tabloid in the province of Cebu started the new year without a long-running opinion column. The city’s suspended governor, a relative of the publishers,... Read more

Libel complaint against editor, media researcher dismissed (UPDATED)

A prosecutor dismissed a libel complaint filed by a physician against the online news editor and the head of research of a Manila-based media network for insufficiency... Read more

Legislative attempts to curtail free expressionTRO stops RA 10175 implementation

THE MOST contentious law so far affecting online expression as well as print and broadcast media was signed into law at the end of the third quarter of 2012.... Read more

FM radio blocktimer is first media practitioner killed in 2013

A city councilor who is also a radio blocktimer was shot dead by a lone gunman in an apparent ambush in San Pablo City in the province of Laguna... Read more

UPDATED: State of press freedomAttacks and threats in 2012

THE FAILURE of the Benigno Aquino III administration to stop the killing of journalists and to speed up the prosecution of cases in court has disappointed journalists, press freedom... Read more

PJR Reports October-December 2012

The year 2012 was particularly problematic for the Philippine press, primarily because of the continuing harassment and killing of journalists. But Presidential and Congressional initiatives as well as default... Read more

Court grants petition of alleged mastermind in Ortega slay (UPDATED)

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – As the press was commemorating the third year of the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre last 23 November 2012, the Court of Appeals in Manila was granting an alleged... Read more

The price of (limited) success

EVERY PHILIPPINE President since Marcos has been critical of the press and has demanded that it behave in a manner acceptable to government. Marcos’ main complaint, as it was... Read more

A tale of two massacres (Updated)

EXACTLY THREE years ago today a convoy was hijacked in a town in Maguindanao province and forced off the road to a pre-dug mass grave about two kilometers away.... Read more