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Two arrested for killing of reporter

CMFR Philippines – Two men including the alleged gunman in the murder of tabloid correspondent Nerlita Ledesma were arrested Sunday, January 11 in Bataan Province. Read more

Tabloid correspondent killed in Bataan

CMFR/Philippines – Unidentified men shot dead a correspondent of a Manila-based tabloid in Balanga City, Bataan province on 8 January 2015. Balanga City is 122 kilometers south of Manila. Read more

Ending impunity is a state responsibility

By Luis V. Teodoro “BIZARRE” WAS how an American journalist, who’s in the Philippines to write an article on the killing of journalists, described what he’s finding out, among them: Read more

Philippines lifts ban on nine Hong Kong journalists

CMFR/Philippines – The Philippine government banned nine Hong Kong journalists from entering the Philippines for “heckling” President Benigno S. Aquino III in October 2013. In response to criticism from... Read more

International concern, local indifference

IN A disturbing—and irony-ridden—demonstration of official hostility to the Constitutional guarantee of press freedom, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has prevented journalists from covering the trial of the alleged... Read more

FFFJ: Lift the Ban on Media Coverage of the Ampatuan Massacre Trial

STATEMENT OF THE FREEDOM FUND FOR FILIPINO JOURNALISTS A coalition of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), the Philippine Center Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), the Center for Media Freedom... Read more

Journalist killed in Cambodia over illegal logging

CMFR/Philippines – A journalist in the Kratie province of Cambodia was shot dead on 12 October 2014 while he was documenting illegal logging, according to the Cambodian Center for... Read more

Senate president sues journalist for libel

CMFR/Philippines – The Senate President filed a libel complaint in the Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office on 27 August 2014 against a journalist in Iloilo City. The journalist allegedly committed... Read more

Journalists barred from covering Ampatuan Massacre trial

CMFR/Philippines – Policemen barred journalists from covering the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre trial proceedings on 17 September 2014. No immediate reason was given. Neither were the journalists told whether the... Read more

Journalist threatened over corruption broadcast

CMFR/Philippines – A journalist in Catarman City received threatening text messages on 12 September 2014 while he was on-air discussing corruption allegations against the former governor of Northern Samar province.... Read more