A YouTube channel supportive of President Rodrigo Duterte has targeted a Philstar.com reporter over media coverage of the president's comment that there are 167 million drug users in the Philippines. "Pinoy Streamline" took exception to media coverage of Duterte's...
[Alert] Zambales journo posts bail for unjust vexation
A reporter for the Zambales Herald, Adrian Montallana, posted bail after a warrant for his arrest was issued by Regional Trial Court 72 Judge Richard A. Paradeza for a charge of unjust vexation. Montallana, along with Philippine Inquirer correspondent Joanna Aglibot...
[Statement] The media are not the enemy
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines calls out agencies of the state's security apparatus for attacking press freedom to the extent of equating calls for its protection with terrorism. We specifically call out the Malaybalay City Police Station and the...
[Alert] Dumaguete journalist gets death threat
8 May 2020 A journalist based in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental received a death threat Thursday evening, May 7, 2020, just two days after a colleague was murdered. Roy August Bustillo, anchor and reporter of Power 91 dyGB FM and correspondent for CNN Philippines,...
[Alert] Radio reporter shot dead in Dumaguete City
5 May 2020 A reporter of a community radio station in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental was shot dead on Tuesday night, May 5, 2020. Police said Cornelio Pepino, 48, popularly known as Rex Cornelio, of dyMD Energy 93.7 FM was riding home with his wife on a motorcycle...
[Alert] Philippines Graphic site hacked
18 April 2020 The website of the Philippines Graphic magazine was hacked by still unknown parties Saturday, April 18, its editor in chief, Joel Pablo Salud said. Salud went to Facebook to broadcast the hack. "Stories, when clicked, immediately leads the viewer/reader...
[Alert] Journalist residence mistakenly raided by Davao police
17 April 2020 Bunawan Police station wrongly barged inside the residence of Mark Perandos, a social media content provider and photojournalist of Sunstar Davao. The Bunawan PNP received a tip coming from an informant that the suspect identified Bryan Villanueva, who...
[Alert] EIC of UE publication threatened into apologizing for criticizing Duterte
5 April 2020 The editor in chief of the University of the East Dawn was allegedly forced by barangay officials in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija to issue a public apology to teachers he had offended with statements critical of President Rodrigo Duterte and government efforts to...
[Statement] Zambo reporter’s eviction proves accreditation prone to abuse
2 April 2020 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines joins our voice to that of our colleagues in the Hugpong Community Broadcasters ng Pilipinas in denouncing the eviction on March 30 of Jonathan Jalon, a reporter of eMedia Production Network Inc., from...