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Convict Ampatuan, Justice Now!
NUJP - National Union of Journalists of the Philippines

On November 23, 2009, 58 people, 32 of them journalists, were brutally murdered in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao. But almost 10 years after, not a single conviction has been handed to the mastermind of the massacre, members of the powerful Ampatuan clan, who plotted and ordered the killing of the innocent civilians.

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Statement: Stop Abusing the Law!

Statement: Stop Abusing the Law!

Mar 12, 2026

The filing of charges and arrest of DZRH reporter Misael Boy Gonzales Jr. after reporting on a criminal case that Manila Councilor Rosalino Ibay Jr. is facing is clearly retaliatory and an abuse of the law. According to DZRH, police arrested Gonzales on Wednesday for...

STATEMENT: A throwback nobody is nostalgic for

STATEMENT: A throwback nobody is nostalgic for

Feb 24, 2026

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines takes exception to lawyer Nicholas Kaufman's characterization of coverage of Duterte's 'war on drugs' as twisted, sensational and "controlled by the powerful and the politically-influential." Media workers active...

STATEMENT: On the Denial of Frenchie Mae’s Bail Plea

STATEMENT: On the Denial of Frenchie Mae’s Bail Plea

Feb 17, 2026

It is unfortunate and unfair that community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio will stay in detention with the court's denial of bail. Each day that Frenchie is in jail is another day that she is kept from her family and from the community whose issues and problems she...