Alyssa Clarin

[Statement] ATTACKS WILL NOT SILENCE THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA

August 11, 2019 The National Union of Journalists decries the increasing incidence of what can only be described as targeted attacks on members of the critical media. Recently, our Bacolod chapter chairperson, Marchel Espina, was tailed by a suspicious motorcycle...

[ALERT] Ifugao journalist seriously wounded in gun attack

6 August 2019 A journalist and human rights worker is seriously wounded after being shot by unidentified gunmen in front of his house in Lagawe, Ifugao at six o’clock tonight, Tuesday, August 6. Brandon Lee, Ifugao correspondent of Baguio City-based media outfit...

[Alert] NUJP-Bacolod chair tailed by rider while on assignment

August 4, 2019 The chairperson of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines’ Bacolod chapter reported being tailed by a suspicious motorcycle rider Sunday afternoon, August 4, as she returned home from covering the killings in Negros Oriental province....

[Alert] Ex radio station chief harassed by soldiers

August 4, 2019 A former station manager of a radio station that focused on reporting Indigenous People’s (IP) issues was reportedly harassed by soldiers belonging to the 1st Special Forces Battalion based in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. Kristin Lim said a group of...

ALERT: CAMERAMAN SHOT DEAD IN DAVAO DEL NORTE

1 July 2019 Unidentified gunman shot dead Reymond Paciol, 28 years old and a former cameraman of state-run People’s Television on Sunday afternoon. Paciol was riding his motorcycle and is about to open the gate of his apartment when a still unidentified suspect shot...

[Alert] CDO journalist red-tagged anew

26 June 2019 Cagayan de Oro City-based journalist Cong Corrales was again the subject of a malicious campaign aimed at branding human rights activists, church workers, and other members of civic organizations as supporters of the New People's Army. The name of...