A court in Camarines Norte dismissed several libel cases filed against six journalists by Governor Edgardo Tallado and former provincial board member Rodolfo Gache.   In open court, Judge Winston Racoma of Regional Trial Court Branch 39 cited the "lack of...

Journalist and Manila Today editor Lady Ann Salem was among those arrested in a wave of arrests conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) this morning.   The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the PNP arrested Salem at her house in Mandaluyong...

The publisher and editor-in-chief of a community paper in Kalinga are facing a cyberlibel complaint that the mayor of the provincial capital Tabuk filed with the provincial prosecutor's office in Cabagan, Isabela, some 100 kilometers away.   Also included in the...

[Alert] Masbate journo killed by soldiers A freelance journalist in Masbate province was gunned down by soldiers in Milagros town on Saturday, November 14, in what authorities claimed was an "encounter" but which the victims' colleagues denied. The killing of Ronnie...

The Cagayan de Oro Press Club reported that one of its members, Rene Abris, was manhandled by an "intoxicated" police officer on November 22.   A statement from COPC President Manuel Jaudian said Abris was at a restaurant in Barangay Canitoan talking to the...

Camarines Norte journalists Virgilio “Bagwis” Avila Jr., Deo Trininad, and Mia Concordia were arrested and detained Tuesday, November 10, for several counts of cyber libel filed against them by Camarines Norte governor Edgar Tallado. As of this writing, all three have...