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...
Joint Statement | Southeast Asia Press Freedom Groups Condemn the Red Tagging Attacks on NUJP Leaders
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...
Statement | On World Press Freedom Day, we insist on being free
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...
Pushing back against Cyberattacks on PH Media
The forum held last April 29, 2022, aimed to promote awareness on the cyberattacks against the Philippine media during the Duterte administration. Kim Cantillas, secretary general of the Computer Professionals Union, explained what distributed denial of service is and...
Journalism is not terrorism!
We are not taking all these sitting down. As we always say, an attack on one is an attack on all.
Weathering the financial storm
Weathering the financial storm by Jhoanna BallaranThere is no theme more suitable to describe what the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines has gone through financially in the past three years than the theme of our 11th Congress: “Braving the Storm,...
Philippine press freedom is worth fighting for: ABS-CBN shutdown reignites the voices of journalists
Philippine press freedom is worth fighting for: ABS-CBN shutdown reignites the voices of journalists by Stanley Buenafe Gajete, NUJP National Capital Region chapterMANILA — Just two days after the celebration of World Press Freedom Day, the Philippine government...
Masked Media: Remembrance, resistance and some relief
Masked Media: Remembrance, resistance and some relief by Jonathan de Santos NUJP-Philstar.comMANILA — Launched on the commemoration of the 48th year since the declaration of Martial Law, the Masked Media campaign was both a reminder and resistance. "We're not here...
Steps toward journalists’ safety amid new emerging threats
Steps toward journalists’ safety amid new emerging threats by Jonathan de Santos, NUJP Philstar.com chapterMANILA — A confluence of calamities in 2020 — from the Taal eruption, to typhoons and the COVID-19 pandemic — further highlighted the risky conditions that many...







