A journalist who survived a slay attempt in 2016 was shot dead early Tuesday morning, November 10, in front of his home in Villasis, Pangasinan, police and colleagues said. A police spot report said Virgilio Maganes, who turned 62 on November 7, was about to enter his...
[Statement] On the termination of ABS-CBN’s YouTube channels
At around 7:30 am on Tuesday, November 3, YouTube terminated the ABS-CBN News and ANC channels over some yet unspecified violations of the video sharing site's terms of service. By afternoon, they had been restored even as the Philippine Star's Janvic Mateo reported...
[Statement] Rolly is a dreadful lesson on press freedom
Nothing has better illustrated the great disservice to the nation the government, particularly the House, has wrought through the shutting down of ABS-CBN than Super Typhoon Rolly's deadly rampage through the Bicol region. This is not to denigrate the usual yeoman's...
[Statement] Persistent impunity is society’s, not just media’s, loss
November 2 is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. And, of course, this day continues to remind us of how deeply entrenched the culture of impunity is in the Philippines, where 189 journalists have been murdered since 1986 with hardly...
[Statement] NUJP TO PARLADE: The burden of proof is on the accuser
In an October 26 appearance on One News' The Chiefs. Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., spokesman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, as usual without proffering any proof, claimed communist rebels have "infiltrated lahat ng media outfit...
[Alert] Ombudsman dismiss Ging Valle cas
The Office of the Ombudsman dismissed the case of Grave Misconduct, Grave Abuse of Authority, Conduct Unbecoming of Public Official filed by journalist Fedilina Margarita " Ging" Valle against 17 military and police officers in relation to her arrest and detention...
[Statement] A disgrace to journalism
Shame on the Manila Times for running an editorial cartoon that parrots the mindless red tagging by government of critics and dissenters. The cartoon, titled "The many faces of local communists," shows a communist rebel apparently painting masks to be worn by figures...
[STATEMENT] Philstar.com reporter targeted on YouTube
A YouTube channel supportive of President Rodrigo Duterte has targeted a Philstar.com reporter over media coverage of the president's comment that there are 167 million drug users in the Philippines. "Pinoy Streamline" took exception to media coverage of Duterte's...
[Statement] BJMP has no business preventing media from work
As Nasino gives her statement to the media, jail guards attempt to whisk her away pic.twitter.com/nHuaqDbsrw — Bulatlat (@bulatlat) October 14, 2020 The National Union of Journalists condemns personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology who attempted to...