![[Statement] Persistent impunity is society’s, not just media’s, loss](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/signal-2020-11-02-131324-400x250.jpeg)
November 2 is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. And, of course, this day continues to remind us of how deeply entrenched the culture of impunity is in the Philippines, where 189 journalists have been murdered since 1986 with hardly...
![[Statement] NUJP TO PARLADE: The burden of proof is on the accuser](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-102-400x250.png)
In an October 26 appearance on One News' The Chiefs. Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., spokesman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, as usual without proffering any proof, claimed communist rebels have "infiltrated lahat ng media outfit...
![[Alert] Ombudsman dismiss Ging Valle cas](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/valle-files-charges-728x410-1-400x250.jpg)
The Office of the Ombudsman dismissed the case of Grave Misconduct, Grave Abuse of Authority, Conduct Unbecoming of Public Official filed by journalist Fedilina Margarita " Ging" Valle against 17 military and police officers in relation to her arrest and detention...
![[Statement] A disgrace to journalism](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/signal-2020-10-25-181702-400x250.jpeg)
Shame on the Manila Times for running an editorial cartoon that parrots the mindless red tagging by government of critics and dissenters. The cartoon, titled "The many faces of local communists," shows a communist rebel apparently painting masks to be worn by figures...
![[STATEMENT] Philstar.com reporter targeted on YouTube](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/signal-2020-10-21-191909-e1603417538553-400x250.jpeg)
A YouTube channel supportive of President Rodrigo Duterte has targeted a Philstar.com reporter over media coverage of the president's comment that there are 167 million drug users in the Philippines. "Pinoy Streamline" took exception to media coverage of Duterte's...
![[Statement] BJMP has no business preventing media from work](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-78-400x250.png)
As Nasino gives her statement to the media, jail guards attempt to whisk her away pic.twitter.com/nHuaqDbsrw — Bulatlat (@bulatlat) October 14, 2020 The National Union of Journalists condemns personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology who attempted to...
![[Alert] Zambales journo posts bail for unjust vexation](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/signal-2020-10-08-154741_001-400x250.jpeg)
A reporter for the Zambales Herald, Adrian Montallana, posted bail after a warrant for his arrest was issued by Regional Trial Court 72 Judge Richard A. Paradeza for a charge of unjust vexation. Montallana, along with Philippine Inquirer correspondent Joanna Aglibot...
![[Statement] SC ruling on GMA cameramen a win for media workers’ rights](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/11425103_10155750378020374_6826026720713464363_n-400x250.jpg)
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines hails the victory of 30 cameramen and assistant cameramen who the Supreme Court ordered GMA Network to reinstate with full backwages, allowances and other benefits from 2013, when they were illegally dismissed, to...
![[Statement] A free press for a free people](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BFP-Ms.-Oducayen-400x250.png)
On this day 48 years ago, Ferdinand Marcos, then president of the Republic, subverted the democracy he was sworn to defend and declared martial law on false pretenses, letting loose a 14-year reign of terror that saw thousands killed, disappeared, tortured or jailed...