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Vice President was “just kidding” when he told bodyguard to “kill” reporter

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine’s second highest government official said that he was just joking when he ordered his bodyguard to “kill” a tabloid reporter on 13 February 2008 after... Read more

Judge denies media request to extend court order against gov’t harrasment

CMFR/Philippines – A Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge denied on 8 February 2008 a petition by journalists to extend a previously granted 72-hour temporary restraining order (TRO) to... Read more

Journalists seek court protection from government

CMFR/Philippines—Eleven journalists and media technicians from the Philippines’ biggest television network arrested for covering an incident involving about 20 soldiers in the Manila Peninsula Hotel last November have asked... Read more

Class suit against Arroyo husband to continue

CMFR/Philippines—A motion, the second filed by Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, husband of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, to dismiss the class action suit filed against him by 40 journalists and... Read more

Media can be held liable for disobeying government, justice secretary warns

CMFR/Philippines—The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) has condemned an advisory issued by the secretary of justice warning chief media networks and press groups that they risk... Read more

Radio station ordered closed for maligning local official

A mayor in a southern Philippine city ordered the closure of a local radio station, which had been criticizing him on-air. Mayor Jose Galario Jr. of Valencia City, Bukidnon,... Read more

Local journalist harassed, threatened after exposing governor’s anomalies

A correspondent based in Batangas, south of Manila, has been living in danger for more than three weeks now after her articles exposing corruption in the province angered Governor... Read more