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CMFR on Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012

What is the Cybercrime Law and why are media practitioners asking the Supreme Court to declare it unconstitutional? Read more

Journalist assaulted by businessman

CMFR/ Philippines - An editor of a weekly newspaper was assaulted by a businessman and brother of a town mayor in the province of Sorsogon last 23 September 2012.... Read more

DOF gag order

FINANCE SECRETARY Cesar Purisima has issued a memo forbidding officials of the Department of Finance (DOF) from speaking to the press on matters not related to their duties as... Read more

Suspects in radio broadcaster’s murder charged

CMFR/ Philippines – Police have filed a murder case against two teenagers suspected of killing a radio broadcaster in Tayug town, Pangasinan last 14 September 2012. Pangasinan is approximately... Read more

Unidentified gunmen fire at radio station

CMFR/ Philippines - Two unidentified men fired several shots at the office of a radio station in Roxas City last 13 September 2012. No one was harmed in the... Read more

Journalist reports suspicious “visit”

CMFR/Philippines – A news correspondent in Zamboanga City reported to the police that two “suspicious-looking” men riding in tandem on a motorcycle went to her home in the afternoon... Read more

A Restrictive Mindset: First Law Since 2000 Affecting Cyberspace Communication

Republic Act No. 10175, or the Cybercrime Prevention Law of 2012, is the first law affecting communication through cyberspace that has been passed in this country since the eCommerce... Read more

Alleged Masterminds want their petition referred to Supreme Court en banc

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – AFTER THE DENIAL OF THEIR MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION, the alleged masterminds behind the murder of journalist Marlene Esperat have filed a motion asking that their petition for... Read more

Media barred from covering DILG proceedings

CMFR/Philippines – Officials from the regional office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Cagayan de Oro City barred reporters last 10 September 2012 from... Read more

Family of slain broadcaster asks Appellate Court for a fair decision

CMFR/Philippines – The family of slain broadcaster and environmentalist Gerardo “Gerry” Ortega is appealing to the Court of Appeals (CA) for a fair and just decision on the motions... Read more