Davao Councilors Sign Petition vs. Right of Reply Bill
Twenty-one councilors of Davao City signed the petition against the Right of Reply Bill on April 21, Cheryll Fiel, Davao-based director of the National Union of Journalist of the Philippines (NUJP) said. The NUJP-Davao Chapter held a signature campaign in the city updating the list of signatories [...]
Davao Councilors Sign Petition vs. Right of Reply Bill
CMFR Philippines bulletin-New arrest warrant out for suspects in slay of journalist
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Philippine local court issued a new arrest warrant for the suspects, one of them a police officer, in the 2008 killing of a radio broadcaster in General Santos City. General Santos City is a province approximately 1, 049 kms southeast of Manila.
Regional Trial Court Branch 37 judge Panambulan Mimbisa issued on 7 [...]
MEDIA LEADERS URGE NOGRALES NOT TO PASS RIGHT OF REPLY BILL; NUJP, OTHER MEDIA GROUPS HOLD NATIONALLY-COORDINATED PROTEST ACTIONS VS RORB
Leaders of various media outfits and organizations today urged House Speaker Prospero Nograles to abandon the passage of the Right of Reply Bill in a dialogue initiated by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines at past twelve in the afternoon today.
Representatives from the NUJP, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Center for Media Freedom [...]
Judge denies accused’s motion to quash
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local Philippine court denied on 7 April 2009 the motion to dismiss the murder charges against the alleged masterminds in the 2005 killing of Sultan Kudarat journalist Marlene Esperat. Sultan Kudarat is a province approximately 968 kms south of Manila .
Branch 30 Judge Milanio Guerrero of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in [...]
