2009 | CMFR

Doing Harm

by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility COMMISSION on Human Rights Chair Leila de Lima has rightly reminded the media that Andal Ampatuan Jr., no matter how strong... Read more

My Life at the Palace

by RG Cruz Just last June, I “graduated” from my three- year tour of duty as a Malacañang beat reporter of ABS-CBN. I left the beat with mixed emotions.... Read more

Appeals court prohibits service of warrants against alleged masterminds

CMFR/PHILIPPINES -The media are demanding justice for the victims of the November 23 Maguindanao massacre in which 31 of the 57 killed were journalists. But in the celebrated Marlene... Read more

Unnecessary and Dangerous

By the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility Dec. 8, 2009 The Philippine experience with martial rule has been painful, but has also been instructive. When it was in... Read more

Forty-seven IFEX members condemn massacre of journalists, call for justice

Condemning the problem of impunity in the Philippines, 47 members of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange Network (IFEX), appeal for justice in the horrible massacre of at least... Read more

For journalists, a reminder in perilous times

(Let us know what you think. Please show your support by replying and disseminating this statement to your networks.) Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility Politics... Read more

12 Journalists among those killed in Southern Philippines Massacre

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Armed men believed to be followers of a provincial warlord killed at least 12 local journalists who were accompanying the wife, relatives and lawyers of thea vice... Read more

PJR Reports September – October 2009

Alleged gunman in 2004 journalist’s murder killed

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A police officer shot dead the alleged gunman in the 2004 killing of a Batangas-based journalist last 19 October 2009, a day before his arraignment. The police... Read more

Photojournalist held at provincial governor’s house

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A photojournalist was detained and interrogated at the house of Iloilo Gov. Niel Tupas Sr. last 16 October 2009 for “taking photos of the house without permission.”... Read more