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...
Seven organizations launched pfmsea.org, a platform to monitor press freedom in Southeast Asia on Monday 29 May 2023. This monitoring platform functions to monitor and provide real-time data based on attacks and threats against journalists and media workers covering...
We strongly condemn the recent red-tagging and baseless accusations made against members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) by Lorraine Badoy and Jeffrey Celis during their show "Laban Kasama ang Bayan" aired on Wednesday (3/5/23). Red...
Nearly a year into the Marcos Jr. presidency and as dominant media adjusts to reporting on an administration that is not openly hostile to the press, it is tempting to consider that maybe the situation for media workers has improved and will...