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[Statement] The will of the people will prevail

Jul 10, 2020 | Statement

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...

[Statement] Be on the right side of history, approve ABS-CBN’s franchise

Jul 7, 2020 | Statement

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

May 21, 2020 | Statement

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

May 19, 2020 | Statement

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...

[Statement] Appeal vs presenting suspects not yet formally charged

May 16, 2020 | Statement

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...

[Press Release] Asian media unions protest ABS-CBN closure

May 16, 2020 | Statement

Media unions from Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Hong Kong have protested the closure of broadcast network ASB-CBN and called on the Duterte administration "to act swiftly to ensure that Congress renews the network’s license and restore ABS-CBN to the air." In their...

[Statement] NUJP denounces red-tagging of ex-chair Paraan

May 15, 2020 | Statement

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) condemns the malicious and deplorable use of photographs of the first all-women media safety training held in the Philippines to red-tag our former chairperson, colleagues and the NUJP. A social media post by...

STATEMENT CONDEMNING NTF-ELCAC’S BLACK PROPAGANDA AGAINST ABS-CBN AND MARIA RESSA

May 10, 2020 | Statement

10 May 2020 We, media groups, news outfits, journalists, and academics, condemn the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for a black propaganda offensive on social media against ABS-CBN and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. These Facebook...

[Statement] Justice for Rex Cornelio, 16th journalist slain under Duterte

May 6, 2020 | Statement

May 6, 2020 The National Union of Journalists demands that authorities get to the bottom of the murder in Dumaguete City of Cornelio Pepino, more popularly known as Rex Cornelio, of dyMD Energy 93.7 FM, who was gunned down Tuesday night, May 5, 2020 as he headed home...