Feb. 6, 2019 For more than half a month now, the alternative news website Bulatlat has been subjected to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks aimed at bringing it down. The first series of attacks lasted from January 19 to 31. The second wave came on February...
Statement
Rappler cyberlibel indictment endangers freedom of the press, expression
It is extremely unfortunate, though not surprising, that the Department of Justice has approved the filing of a cyber libel case against Rappler and its CEO Maria Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. While we are confident that Rappler can competently...
NUJP slams House reso restricting access to SALN
Feb. 2, 2019 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines protests House Resolution 2467, which will require majority consent before lawmakers’ statements of assets, liabilities and net worth can be accessed. We find it ironic that a document meant to help...
Eight years after, justice remains elusive for Doc Gerry Ortega
Jan. 24, 2019 On this day eight years ago, environmentalist, good governance advocate and broadcaster Gerardo "Doc Gerry" Ortega was shot dead in an ukay-ukay shop in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.Eight years after, justice remains elusive for Doc Gerry and his...
NUJP: PNA fake news proves gov’t hand in red-tagging
Jan. 9, 2019 When a number of tabloids came out on January 7 with totally false banner stories on the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines’ supposed links to the Communist Party of the Philippines, we held back from voicing our suspicions of who was behind...
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[Statement] NUJP denounces ‘CPP-NPA-NDF’ tag
January 7, 2019 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines denounces continued efforts to link us to the communist revolutionary movement, which we see as part of an orchestrated effort to intimidate us into silence.On Monday, January 7, NUJP officers found...
Let ethics always be our guide
This week, media took a huge, self-inflicted hit at a time when the industry and individual journalists continue to be vilified and threatened by those who would seek to undermine the profession of truth to advance their nefarious agenda. Recently, some radio stations...
Hands off Julie Alipala
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines vehemently condemns the dubious Facebook group Phil Leaks that tagged our former director and veteran journalist Julie Alipala of the Philippine Daily Inquirer as a terrorist supporter and accusing her of being a...
On Zaldy Ampatuan’s furlough, NUJP asks: Where are state prosecutors in this?
On Zaldy Ampatuan's furlough, NUJP asks: Where are state prosecutors in this? August 21, 2018 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is concerned to learn that one of the principal accused in the multiple murder case filed over the November 23, 2009...