Camarines Sur Rep. L-Ray Villafuerte's online and official tantrum over a student publication's mock election results is a preview and a reminder of what journalists face during elections and a disgusting illustration of how comfortable entrenched power is with...
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines stands in solidarity with freelance journalist Deo Montesclaros, whom the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group has accused before the Cagayan Provincial Prosecutor's Office of terrorist financing. Deo is a...
Meta's plan to abandon fact-checking, initially in the US but likely eventually across markets, removes another important guard rail against disinformation and misinformation on social media and will make it more difficult for users to sift through the noise online....
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) welcomes the Quezon City Regional Trial Court's decision in favor of journalist Atom Araullo in his P2-million civil case against red-taggers Lorraine Badoy-Partosa and Jeffrey Celiz. Apart from the moral...
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines notes with concern that the National Bureau of Investigation has issued subpoenas to colleagues who were part of Vice President Sara Duterte’s November 23 online stream in connection with its investigation...
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) expresses gratitude to Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion Irene Khan for urging the Philippine government to address “concerning patterns” of attacks on journalists, activists and...
As we mark the 15th year since the brutal Ampatuan Massacre, widely regarded as the worst case of election-related violence and the worst attack on media workers in Philippine history, we continue our fight for justice. Justice because convictions in the case came a...
Nananawagan kami para sa kagyat na pagpapalaya ng kapwa mamamahayag na si Frenchie Mae Cumpio, isang community journalist at Executive Director ng Eastern Vista, kasapi ng Altermidya Network at ng International Association of Women in Radio and Television-Philippines....
The Philippines appeared again this year on the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Global Impunity Index, the 17th year that the country has been among the countries where the murders of journalists are likely to remain unsolved and unpunished. According to the CPJ,...