Defenders of red-tagging have often claimed that the practice does not happen, or that if it happens, it is not done by the government. Even President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., in justifying the existence of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict,...
Seven Tacloban City-based journalists were not allowed to ask questions during a press conference May 7 organised by the Department of Interior and Local Government Regional Office held at the Provincial Capitol in Catarman, Northern Samar. Jazmin Bonifacio, NUJP...
(Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines condemns Tel Aviv's closure of Al Jazeera's operations in Israel as a suppression of press freedom and of the people's right to information, especially on their own government's...
The extreme heat that is affecting the Philippines and the rest of the region is a clear warning of the ongoing climate crisis and the urgent need to address it. Ironically for a country that is considered among the most vulnerable to the effects of the crisis, our...
Surigao broadcaster Edito Mapayo was tagged as a protector of drug lords by unidentified individuals. On April 29, Mapayo saw graffiti with the text, "Ed Mapayo, drug protector" in different parts of the city. Mapayo said that days before the incident, he criticized...
Private guards of Jarton Security Agency swept into a kampuhan of residents of Tartaria in Silang, Cavite past midnight on Saturday to fence off an area covered by a land dispute there. They also confiscated the personal property of people at the kampuhan, including...
(Photo credit: Concerned Artists of the Philippines) Threats to Truth-telling, Free Expression Worsen During Marcos Jr.’s First Year in Office One year into the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the state of free expression has not improved. In fact, it has further...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is correct in that "fake news" — more accurately called disinformation and misinformation — should "have no place in modern society." It has led to confusion and polarization and, in the context of media, has been used to attack the...
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) Europe chapter held its third General Assembly in Frankfurt, Germany and invited noted journalists as speakers to cover important topics such as newswriting in the digital age from Rappler head of regions...