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Alert | Surigao broadcaster labeled as a drug protector

Alert | Surigao broadcaster labeled as a drug protector

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...

[Alert] Kalinga journalists post bail for cyber libel case

[Alert] Kalinga journalists post bail for cyber libel case

(Photo courtesy: Guru Press) Brent Martinez and Ghumie Pinkihan — editors of Guru Press in Tabuk, Kalinga — paid P192,000 in bail on Friday, August 27, over a cyber libel case fled by the town's mayor. According to a report on Guru Press, the warrants for the arrest...

[Statement] Justice for Gwenn Salamida

[Statement] Justice for Gwenn Salamida

(Photo courtesy: Boy Santos, The STAR) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines condoles with the family and colleagues of Gwenn Salamida of 'Saksi Ngayon', who was shot dead in a salon that she owned in Quezon City on August 17. According to a statement...

[Alert] CDO journos post bail for 18-year-old libel case

[Alert] CDO journos post bail for 18-year-old libel case

  Journalists Herbie Gomez and Joey Nacalaban surrendered to the Agora Police Station in Cagayan de Oro City today, July 6, after a Warrant of Arrest was issued against them over a libel case. The P5-million libel case was filed by Tangub City Mayor Jennifer...

[ALERT] Cyberattacks vs PH alternative media continue

[ALERT] Cyberattacks vs PH alternative media continue

(Image credit: Bulatlat.com) MANILA, Philippines—The websites of two alternative media organizations in the Philippines have been under series of cyberattacks involving digital infrastructure linked to the state, particularly the military and the Department of Science...

[Alert] Kodao.org under intense cyber attack again

[Alert] Kodao.org under intense cyber attack again

Kodao's website www.kodao.org is again under intense cyber attack. Tens of millions of suspicious requests are flooding the site in yet another distributed denial of service attack similar to what it suffered in 2019. Kodao reported the attack started last Friday,...

[Alert] Cyber attackers attempt to bring down Bulatlat website

[Alert] Cyber attackers attempt to bring down Bulatlat website

(Illustration taken from Bulatlat.com) Website of online media outfit Bulatlat was again subjected to distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks, a type of cyber attack aiming to bring down the site, according to Sweden-based media foundation Qurium. This is the...