Once described as having the freest press in Asia, the Philippines has been overtaken on the annual World Press Freedom Index by Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Despite slight improvement since the end of the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, there have...
(Photo credit: Concerned Artists of the Philippines) Threats to Truth-telling, Free Expression Worsen During Marcos Jr.’s First Year in Office One year into the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the state of free expression has not improved. In fact, it has further...
The Freedom for Media Freedom for All (FMFA) coalition, in solidarity with the media community nationwide, condemns the death threats against VERA Files for fact-checking and countering disinformation. VERA Files is one of the internationally accredited groups for...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is correct in that "fake news" — more accurately called disinformation and misinformation — should "have no place in modern society." It has led to confusion and polarization and, in the context of media, has been used to attack the...
We strongly condemn the recent red-tagging and baseless accusations made against members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) by Lorraine Badoy and Jeffrey Celis during their show "Laban Kasama ang Bayan" aired on Wednesday (3/5/23). Red...
Nearly a year into the Marcos Jr. presidency and as dominant media adjusts to reporting on an administration that is not openly hostile to the press, it is tempting to consider that maybe the situation for media workers has improved and will...
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is in solidarity with workers in the struggle for better pay and working conditions and the call for government action to lower prices and rein in inflation. Whether because we cover the Labor Day protests, are on...
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The South East Asia Journalists Unions (SEAJU) has strongly condemned the Myanmar military junta’s execution of four pro-democracy activists and the continued assault on human rights and press freedom under the regime. The region’s media unions said the military must...
We are not taking all these sitting down. As we always say, an attack on one is an attack on all.