It’s World Press Freedom Day.

We invite you to use any of these posters produced by our friends in International Media Support in a number of our national languages as your profile pictures.

Please use #WorldPressFreedomDay

And if you could tag IMS in your post, we’d be grateful

Maraming salamat at mabuhay ang malayang pamamahayag!

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STATEMENT: On the Denial of Frenchie Mae’s Bail Plea

STATEMENT: On the Denial of Frenchie Mae’s Bail Plea

It is unfortunate and unfair that community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio will stay in detention with the court's denial of bail. Each day that Frenchie is in jail is another day that she is kept from her family and from the community whose issues and problems she...

Statement: When the Military Plays Media Critic

Statement: When the Military Plays Media Critic

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines notes with concern a press statement by the 2nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army essentially calling out Philstar.com journalist Cristina Chi for "the repetition of demonstrably false or misleading...

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MARCOS JR

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MARCOS JR

[AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MARCOS JR.] President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Republic of the Philippines 6 February 2026 Dear President Marcos, The recent conviction of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio of terrorism financing charges came as a shock to journalists...