At around 7:30 am on Tuesday, November 3, YouTube terminated the ABS-CBN News and ANC channels over some yet unspecified violations of the video sharing site's terms of service. By afternoon, they had been restored even as the Philippine Star's Janvic Mateo reported...
[Statement] Rolly is a dreadful lesson on press freedom
Nothing has better illustrated the great disservice to the nation the government, particularly the House, has wrought through the shutting down of ABS-CBN than Super Typhoon Rolly's deadly rampage through the Bicol region. This is not to denigrate the usual yeoman's...
[Statement] Persistent impunity is society’s, not just media’s, loss
November 2 is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. And, of course, this day continues to remind us of how deeply entrenched the culture of impunity is in the Philippines, where 189 journalists have been murdered since 1986 with hardly...
[Statement] NUJP TO PARLADE: The burden of proof is on the accuser
In an October 26 appearance on One News' The Chiefs. Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., spokesman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, as usual without proffering any proof, claimed communist rebels have "infiltrated lahat ng media outfit...
[Statement] A disgrace to journalism
Shame on the Manila Times for running an editorial cartoon that parrots the mindless red tagging by government of critics and dissenters. The cartoon, titled "The many faces of local communists," shows a communist rebel apparently painting masks to be worn by figures...
[Statement] BJMP has no business preventing media from work
As Nasino gives her statement to the media, jail guards attempt to whisk her away pic.twitter.com/nHuaqDbsrw — Bulatlat (@bulatlat) October 14, 2020 The National Union of Journalists condemns personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology who attempted to...
[Statement] SC ruling on GMA cameramen a win for media workers’ rights
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines hails the victory of 30 cameramen and assistant cameramen who the Supreme Court ordered GMA Network to reinstate with full backwages, allowances and other benefits from 2013, when they were illegally dismissed, to...
[Statement] A free press for a free people
On this day 48 years ago, Ferdinand Marcos, then president of the Republic, subverted the democracy he was sworn to defend and declared martial law on false pretenses, letting loose a 14-year reign of terror that saw thousands killed, disappeared, tortured or jailed...
[Statement] As ABS-CBN regionals close, let us ward off the darkness
Today, August 28, 2020, the light goes out on one of the cornerstones of independent community journalism in the country as ABS-CBN's regional stations air their final newscasts after more than 30 years of dedicated service. Today, hundreds of our colleagues, among...
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