Articles by Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)
Journalist receives death threats
(CMFR/IFEX) – A journalist in Bacolod City, south of Manila, was sent threatening messages on his mobile phone by unknown persons in the last week of June 2005. Jaime Espina, a contributor to the online news site http://www.abs-cbnnews.com, said the threats came after he was interviewed on local radio station Aksyon Radyo about the killings […]
Radio journalist killed
(CMFR/IFEX) – Late in the afternoon on 3 July 2005, Rolando Morales, a local radio commentator in southern Philippines, was brutally killed after suffering 15 gunshot wounds in an attack in southwestern Mindanao. Morales, 43, had just finished hosting his Sunday programme at a local radio station when eight unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen ambushed him along […]
Local mayor imposes ban on three radio journalists
(CMFR/IFEX) – Two commentators and a reporter from dyFM Bombo Radyo, a local radio station in Iloilo (south of Manila), have been barred from conducting interviews and attending official Iloilo provincial government press functions. On 30 May 2005, Iloilo Provincial Administrator Manuel Mejorada confirmed that Bombo Radyo commentators Novie Guazo and Rhoderick Tecson and beat […]
Broadcaster escapes assassination attempt
(CMFR/IFEX) – On 19 May 2005, a radio broadcaster barely escaped an attempt on his life when his parked car was fired upon a few minutes before he got in the vehicle. The incident took place in Pangasinan province, approximately 170 km north of Manila. Allan Sison, operations manager of dzRH-Dagupan radio station in Pangasinan, […]
Tabloid columnist survives fourth assassination attempt
(CMFR/IFEX) – On 18 May 2005, a Manila tabloid columnist survived a fourth assassination attempt after exchanging gunfire with two unidentified assailants in Valenzuela City, a suburb of the capital Manila. Pablo Hernandez, a columnist and provincial editor of “Bulgar” (“Expose”) tabloid, was on board a Toyota Corona with his driver George Macalla when he […]
Editor served with arrest warrant
(CMFR/IFEX) – On 9 May 2005, Jofelle Tesorio, editor-in-chief of the weekly community paper “Bandillo ng Palawan”, in Palawan, an island southwest of Manila, was served with an arrest warrant in connection with a libel case filed against her by former Palawan congressman Vicente Sandoval Sr. The warrant was issued by Judge Ma. Theresa Dela […]
Five officials named as new suspects in columnist’s murder
(CMFR/IFEX) – Five new names have surfaced as suspects in the recent murder of crusading journalist Marlene Esperat. On 22 April 2005, Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Raul Gonzales told reporters that he received a letter from an undisclosed source naming five officials from the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Central Mindanao, southern Philippines, as […]
Radio journalist in Davao faces arrest over defamation suit
(CMFR/IFEX) – On 29 March 2005, a local Philippine radio commentator was ordered arrested by a court as a result of a defamation suit in Davao Oriental, Southern Mindanao. Frank Gupit, an anchorman of the Manila Broadcasting Corporation-affiliate Radyo Natin, was charged with defamation for allegedly accusing a certain Neilwin Joseph Bravo of bribing “Philippine […]