September 2009 alerts Archives | CMFR

• President’s son wants Facebook regulated

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Philippine legislator, one of the sons of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, has called for tighter regulation over the content of the social networking site Facebook. Pampanga... Read more

• Writers allege being spied on by Philippine military

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) allegedly placed under surveillance two renowned Filipino writers. Bienvenido Lumbera, a National Artist for Literature and a professor at the... Read more

• Supreme Court grants transfer of trial venue of frustrated murder of a broadcaster

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES -The Philippine Supreme Court approved last 10 August 2009 the change of venue of the trial of the suspects in the frustrated murder of a Cagayan de Oro... Read more

• Former president sues Manila broadsheet

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES-Deposed president Joseph “Erap” Estrada filed on 17 September 2009 a libel complaint against a Manila-based broadsheet for a report on his alleged coercion of a businessman in 1998.... Read more

• Transfer of venue of case against alleged masterminds in Esperat murder granted

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES-The venue of the case against the alleged masterminds in the killing of Sultan Kudarat-based journalist Marlene Esperat has been transferred to Makati City with the Philippine Supreme Court’s... Read more