Archive for March, 2011
On the death of journalist Marline Sumera
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines condoles with the family and colleagues of Marline Flores-Sumera, anchor of dzME-Radyo Uno, who was murdered as she left her home in Malabon City for work Thursday morning, March 24. We demand that authorities solve the crime and arrest not only those who pulled the trigger but, [...]
ALERT: Radio anchor shot dead in Malabon
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) received reports that a radio anchor of the station dzME was shot dead along Solonian street in Maysilo, Malabon at around 9:45 this morning. Maria Len Flores Somera, who anchors the daily morning program called Arangkada Kinse Trenta, was shot by unidentified men while on her [...]
STATEMENT: President Aquino: Stop whining about media reports
President Benigno Aquino III just doesn’t get it. Then again, maybe he does. Once again, he has whined about what he perceives to be the Philippine media’s penchant for the negative and the trivial, this time by griping about the undue interest he sees on his love life or lack thereof. As news reports said, [...]
ALERT: ABS-CBN news team harrassed by PDEA agents in Sarangani
A cameraman of ABS-CBN was reportedly harassed by an agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 12 last Tuesday, March 1 in Maitum town, Sarangani province. ABS-CBN cameraman Randy Estrella was told by the PDEA agent who refused to identify himself to stop filming saying, “Bantay ka lang, ‘pag lumabas yan ” [...]
