attacks Archives | CMFR

  • Murder as perennial as grass

    UNLESS THE Aquino administration rouses the Philippine National Police from its lethargy and forces it to find and investigate the killers of journalists; unless it lights a fire under... Read more

  • Messages

    Janet Lim-Napoles’ surrendering to no official lower than the President of the Philippines; Mr. Aquino’s being part of the convoy that brought her to the headquarters of the Philippine... Read more

  • A Reminder

    THE NEW York-based Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) Impunity Index, for the fourth year in a row, has ranked the Philippines the third worst country in the... Read more

  • His kind of people

    THE PHILIPPINE Daily Inquirer described President Benigno S. Aquino III as "affable" during his speech at the 9th MediaNation "Summit" last Friday, November 23, in contrast to his "combative"... Read more

  • Reporter claims harassment by water company exec

    CMFR/PHILIPPINES- The general manager of a local water company allegedly yelled at a radio reporter doing a story on an alleged cover-up involving his office in Lucena City. Read more

  • Church-owned radio station burned down

    CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Unidentified men set fire to a Catholic Church-owned radio station in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro last 27 October 2011. Read more

  • Reporter alleges harassment by former anti-drugs chief

    CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A news reporter filed a complaint against a former director of the government’s anti-drug trafficking agency in Cebu for allegedly harassing him. Read more

  • Radio station bombing linked to illegal numbers game

    CMFR/Philippines – Unidentified men threw homemade explosives at a government-run radio station in Tabuk City, Kalinga last 24 May 2011. The attack is believed to be in retaliation for... Read more

  • Ex-broadcaster candidate killed

    CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A former freelance radio reporter on 14 April 2010 was shot dead in Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental. Initial police reports indicated the killing to be election-related. Ozamis... Read more

  • Community journalist, family unhurt in shooting attack

    CMFR/PHILIPPINES—A journalist from Bangued was unharmed after gunmen fired at her family’s house last 14 May 2009. Bangued is the capital of Abra, a province approximately 408 kms northwest... Read more