Articles by Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)
Journalist’s widow files complaint against ex-police camp commander
(CMFR/IFEX) – The widow of a murdered Filipino journalist recently filed both criminal and administrative cases against a former provincial police commander after the primary suspect in the killing, a policeman under restrictive supervision within the commander’s camp, escaped after an arrest warrant was issued against him. Through a relative, Gemma Damalerio, widow of slain […]
Suspect in journalist’s slaying escapes police custody
(CMFR/IFEX) – The alleged killer of Pagadian City journalist Edgar Damalerio has escaped from police custody after a local judge hearing his case ordered his arrest. Several media organisations have expressed alarm over the escape. The media groups have also accused police of protecting the suspect, police officer Guillermo Wapille, and obstructing justice. On 30 […]
Judge orders arrest of police officer suspected of killing journalist
(CMFR/IFEX) – A local judge has ordered the arrest of a policeman suspected of killing a journalist eight months ago in Pagadian city, southern Philippines, after the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed the suspect’s petition for review of the criminal case proceedings against him. In an order signed on 30 January 2003, Executive Judge Franklyn […]
Police officer suspected in journalist’s killing dismissed
(CMFR/IFEX) – A suspect in the 13 May 2002 killing of Filipino journalist Edgar Damalerio has been dismissed from the police force. His former immediate superior was also fired in an order issued by the Philippine National Police (PNP) chief. On 8 January 2003, PNP Chief Hermogenes Ebdane ordered the dismissal from the police service […]
Radio journalist threatened
(CMFR/IFEX) – On 3 January 2003, the mayor of a city in Pangasinan province, Northern Philippines, allegedly threatened to harm and kill a radio station manager and commentator after he reported that an illegal numbers game was widespread in the mayor’s city. The mayor later apologised. Orly Navarro said that Mayor Julian V. Resuello of […]
ARTICLE 19 and CMFR warn that anti-terrorism bills threaten freedom of expression
(ARTICLE 19/CMFR/IFEX) – The following is a joint ARTICLE 19, CMFR and FORUM-ASIA press release: PHILIPPINE ANTI-TERRORISM BILLS THREATEN FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ARTICLE 19, FORUM-ASIA and the Center for the Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) call on the Philippine Congress to critically review three anti-terrorism bills currently under consideration. The three organisations are concerned that […]
Broadcasting company closed
(CMFR/IFEX) – A broadcasting company in Lucena City, Quezon, has accused the city’s mayor of “harassment and political vendetta” in connection with the city government’s closure of the company’s radio and television stations on 4 October 2002. Joselito Ojeda, president of Katigbak Enterprises and owner of ConAmor Broadcasting Systems (CBS), which operates the closed stations, […]
Media groups condemn increasing media repression in Negros Island
(CMFR/IFEX) – The media community of Negros Island, central Philippines, has decried the rising wave of media repression on the island, in light of two recent cases of alleged harassment of two local journalists by local government and military officials. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), along with other media groups, said […]