Articles by Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)
Radio commentator still in prison despite being granted parole, paying bail
(CMFR/IFEX) – On 26 May 2008, a prison official refused to release a radio commentator jailed for libel in 2007, despite a court order calling for his release on parole. The warden of the Davao Penal Colony (Dapecol) in Davao del Norte refused to release radio broadcaster Alexander “Alex” Adonis, despite his having been paroled […]
Court indefinitely suspends case against suspected masterminds of journalist Marlene Esperat’s 2005 murder
(CMFR/IFEX) – On 14 May 2008, the Cebu Court of Appeals issued a writ of preliminary injunction prohibiting the Cebu City Regional Trial Court (RTC) from proceeding with the case against the suspected masterminds in the 2005 murder of journalist Marlene Esperat. Cebu is a province approximately 562 km south of Manila. In a five-page […]
Trial begins in 2001 killing of journalist; widow testifies death threats preceded murder
(CMFR/IFEX) – The trial of the suspect in the 2001 killing of a radio journalist began 9 May 2008 in Cebu City, Cebu, with the journalist’s widow stating under direct examination by the prosecution that her husband had received death threats in relation to his job as a journalist before he was killed. Cebu is […]
Two newspaper journalists threatened by armed municipal official in Alfonso Lista
(CMFR/IFEX) – Two provincial correspondents for 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 a province located approximately 350 km northeast of Manila. Reporter Maria Elena Catajan and photographer Redjie Cawis, both correspondents of the national broadsheet “Malaya” […]
Journalist threatened with death following report about mining threat to forest
(CMFR/IFEX) – 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 Point, Palawan, as a protected area. Palawan is an island southwest of Manila. Redempto Anda, a “Philippine Daily Inquirer” correspondent and an editor for the local […]
Suspected masterminds of Esperat killing granted temporary restraining order
(CMFR/IFEX) – The Cebu City Court of Appeals issued a 60-day temporary restraining order (TRO) on 25 March 2008 in the trial of the suspected masterminds in the killing of a journalist. Cebu is a province approximately 562 km south of Manila. A three-page resolution penned by Associate Justice Francisco Acosta and co-signed by Associate […]
Venue of journalists’ murder trials changed following successful petition by CMFR and other organisations
(CMFR/IFEX) – On 18 March 2008, the Philippine Supreme Court granted a petition by the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) to transfer the venue of the trials of suspects in the killings of two Aklan-based journalists to another branch of the Regional Trial Court […]
Suspects behind killing of journalist Marlene Esperat elude arrest
(CMFR/IFEX) – Two government officials suspected to be the intellectual authors of the killing of a journalist in 2004 have eluded arrest despite three week-old warrants for their arrest. Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 7 Judge Simeon Dumdum issued arrest warrants to the Cotabato City police on 4 February 2008 for the arrest of […]