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Local police chief threatens radio journalist

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine National Police has ordered the temporary relief of a town police chief after his alleged 20 May 2010 harassment of a Manila-based radio broadcaster. The... Read more

Ex-broadcaster candidate killed

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A former freelance radio reporter on 14 April 2010 was shot dead in Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental. Initial police reports indicated the killing to be election-related. Ozamis... Read more

Community journalist, family unhurt in shooting attack

CMFR/PHILIPPINES—A journalist from Bangued was unharmed after gunmen fired at her family’s house last 14 May 2009. Bangued is the capital of Abra, a province approximately 408 kms northwest... Read more

Regional military unit denies threatening radio broadcaster

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster from Davao City allegedly received a message through his mobile phone last 16 March 2009 threatening him for his supposedly biased reporting. The radio... Read more

Legislator refuses to comment on alleged threat against radio broadcaster

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A legislator allegedly threatened a block-time radio broadcaster from Davao del Sur over the radio on 1 March 2009. But the congressman has refused to comment on... Read more

Mayor denies threatening reporter-columnist

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A tabloid reporter-columnist said the mayor of Lumban town, Laguna province, threatened him last 22 February 2009. Laguna is about 104 kms. southeast of Manila. The mayor... Read more

TV reporter receives death threat

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – An unidentified man on a motorcycle threatened to kill a television reporter last 10 February 2009 in Roxas City, Capiz. Capiz is a province approximately 411 kms... Read more

Correspondents threatened by local government official

CMFR/Philippines—Two provincial correspondents of a national broadsheet said they were indirectly threatened with harm by a local government official in Alfonso Lista, Ifugao on 10 May 2008. Ifugao is... Read more

Journalist gets death threat over mining story

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Palawan-based journalist was threatened with death on 3 April 2008 after he wrote that a mining company was blocking plans to declare a forest in Brooke’s... Read more

Supreme court rules that government warnings constituted prior restraint

CMFR/Philippines—The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that threatening statements from the Justice secretary and the National Telecommunications Commission warning media not to air a wiretapped conversation between President Gloria... Read more