CPJ condemns Philippines' threat to indict critical site Rappler on tax evasion charges
November 12, 2018 9:25 AM ET
Bangkok, November 12, 2018--The Philippine authorities said on Friday they had grounds to indict news site Rappler, known for its critical coverage of President Rodrigo Duterte, and its founder Maria Ressa for tax evasion and failure to file tax...
Radio broadcaster killed in the Philippines
July 23, 2018 11:36 AM ET
Bangkok, July 23, 2018--A Filipino radio reporter was shot multiple times and died from his injuries on July 20 in the town of Daraga, in the country's central Albay province, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists...
Mission Journal: Duterte leads tri-pronged attack on press amid condemnation of controversial policies
July 5, 2018 2:10 PM ET
Pia Randa is in Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte's crosshairs. At presidential press conferences, Duterte has repeatedly singled out the reporter by name and referred to Rappler, the news site where she works, as "fake news" and her reporting as...
Philippines bans Rappler reporters from presidential palace
February 21, 2018 11:30 AM ET
Bangkok, February 21, 2018 - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Philippine government's decision to ban the news website Rappler from covering official presidential events, and calls for an immediate end to all government harassment of the independent...
Philippines threatens further legal action against Rappler
January 16, 2018 11:42 AM ET
Bangkok, January 16, 2018--The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission's order yesterday to revoke the registration of news website Rappler represents a clear and immediate danger to press freedom in the Philippines, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Philippines revokes registration of news website Rappler
January 15, 2018 10:25 AM ET
Washington, D.C., January 15, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned an order by the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission to revoke the certificate of incorporation of the critical news website Rappler, which effectively required it to close down....
Ex-police official admits role in Filipino radio journalist's murder
February 21, 2017 10:34 AM ET
Bangkok, February 21, 2017--Former Philippine policeman Arturo Lascanas in a news conference yesterday acknowledged his role in the September 2003 assassination of radio journalist Juan "Jun" Pala, a crime he claimed was ordered and paid for by then Davao...