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[Alert] Cyber attackers attempt to bring down Bulatlat website

[Alert] Cyber attackers attempt to bring down Bulatlat website

(Illustration taken from Bulatlat.com) Website of online media outfit Bulatlat was again subjected to distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks, a type of cyber attack aiming to bring down the site, according to Sweden-based media foundation Qurium. This is the...

[Statement] A year off the air but never silenced

[Statement] A year off the air but never silenced

Today marks one year since the National Telecommunication Communications issued a cease-and-desist order on ABS-CBN and millions watched the network sign off at the end of "TV Patrol."   The order, which members of Congress had assured the network and the public...

Philippine Media Statement on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020

Philippine Media Statement on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020. We, editors and reporters of news organizations around the Philippines, join the voices of various sectors opposing provisions of the law that trample upon...

[Alert] Former NUJP Capiz chair shot dead

[Alert] Former NUJP Capiz chair shot dead

(Screenshot from Bombo Radyo Roxas) Pilar, Capiz administrator John Heredia, a longtime member of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen at Barangay Lawa-an, Roxas City Sunday afternoon, May 2.   The victim...

[STATEMENT] Journalists should strive to do no harm

[STATEMENT] Journalists should strive to do no harm

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) recognizes the right of media colleagues to ask the hard questions when covering sensitive issues such as red-tagging.   However, we also urge them to do so with utmost sensitivity and respect to...