![[PRESS STATEMENT] RESIST: Journalists, artists ask SC to junk Terror Law](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/110146848_10163914306005374_7270760102099752420_o-400x250.jpg)
Today, July 23, 2020, we, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, together with Rappler journalists led by Glenda Gloria, ABS-CBN's Ces Oreña Drilon, members of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines, led by their chairman Neil Doloricon and chairman...
Funny how presidential spokesman Harry Roque's petulant dig at Maria Ressa for discussing the House's utterly baseless rejection of ABS-CBN's franchise actually underscores the fact that, contrary to claims that freedom of the press and of expression are alive and...
![[Statement] The media are not the enemy](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nujp-logo-400x250.jpg){kind=logo}
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...
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is saddened by the announcement, albeit inevitable, by ABS-CBN that it will be retrenching part of its workforce following the unjust rejection of its franchise application by the House committee on legislative...
Today, July 10, 2020, the House of Representatives of the 18th Congress of the Philippines has declared itself enemy of democracy. Today, this chamber has lost all claim to represent the people and our interests. Today, not only have more than 11,000 people been...
After 12 sessions, the joint hearing on the franchise of ABS-CBN by the House committees on legislative franchises and on good governance and public accountability finally ended on July 6, 2020. In the coming days, the legislative franchises committee is expected to...
![[Statement] NUJP to Guimba LGU: Stop harassments, address people’s issues](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/radyo-natin-guimba-400x250.jpg)
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines calls on the local government of Guimba, Nueva Ecija, to immediately stop harassing Radyo Natin Guimba and its staff and preventing them from covering events of public interest in the municipality. We have received...
![[Statement] NUJP to Roque: You owe CNN and Triciah Terada an apology](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/harry-roque-tricia-ranah-400x250.jpg)
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque owes CNN Philippines and its reporter Triciah Terada an apology for his boorish and, as it turned out, misbegotten tirade. Roque took exception to a CNN tweet on Monday, May 18, that said he admitted that the government has no...
The case of teacher Ronnel Mas has, for unfortunate reasons, placed media in the spotlight. This is because, while the prosecutor ruled that his warrantless arrest by the National Bureau of Investigation was invalid, this was subsequently “cured” by what was described...