september 2013 alerts Archives | CMFR

• Hackers attack Manila broadsheet’s website

  CMFR/Philippines – A Manila broadsheet newspaper’s website almost shut down due to a barrage of bogus page-requests, in a “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attack on 13 September 2013.... Read more

• Radio transmitter stolen; broadcaster threatened

  CMFR/Philippines – Unidentified men stole a radio transmitter and other equipment in Digos City, wounding the radio station’s caretaker in the process, on 8 September 2013. Five days later,... Read more

• Editor shot dead; 18th since 2010

  A newspaper editor/publisher was shot dead on Sept. 4, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro. Read more

• Two journalists convicted of libel

  CMFR/Philippines – Two journalists were convicted for libel in the past few days, one in Cebu City on 29 August 2013 and another in Digos City, Davao province, on... Read more

• Group of municipal councilors bars journalists from covering election

  CMFR/Philippines – An official barred journalists from covering the election of officers of a provincial league of municipal councilors in the town of Virac, province of Catanduanes, on 2... Read more