Articles by Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)
TV news crew allegedly threatened by village councillor
According to GMA News correspondent Nef Luczon, the Tuburan village councillor threatened to “behead” him and two cameramen after he inquired about the effects of mining on the area and the Iponan River.
CMFR hails UNHRC recommendations
The United Nations Human Rights Committee declared that the provisions of the country’s Revised Penal Code (RPC) penalizing libel as a criminal offense is “incompatible with Article 19, paragraph three of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)” to which the Philippines is a signatory.
Publisher threatened after condemning colleague’s murder
Ronald Allan Mascardo, publisher of “Dadiangas Balita” newspaper, received a threatening text message after the called for the killers of fellow publisher Chris Guarin to be arrested.
Arson attack on radio station; journalist gets death threat
Just five days after the killing of a publisher in General Santos City, unidentified men tried to burn down a university-run radio station in Kabacan town, North Cotabato.
Journalists, media workers harassed in Manila demolition
Members of the media group Tudla Productions reported that some police officers tried to stop them from taking video footage and photographs of a clash between the city demolition team and residents of a settlement in Corazon de Jesus village, San Juan City.
Broadcaster wounded in ambush
James Michael Licuanan, a reporter and anchor at Bombo Radyo Cagayan de Oro, was injured after two men shot on a motorcycle shot him while he was on his way home from work.
CMFR statement on second anniversary of Ampatuan massacre, “a turning point and a test”
The glacial progress of the trial of those accused of involvement in the killing bodes ill for press freedom, human rights and the quest for justice in the country, says the organisation.
Newspaper executive shot dead by motorcycle gunman
An unidentified gunman shot Alfredo “Dodong” Velarde Jr., the circulation manager for “Brigada News”, in front of the newspaper’s office in General Santos City.