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NUJP ALERT! Butuan radio reporter dies after stabbing

Apr 20, 2019 | Alert

Hits: 38NUJP ALERT! Butuan radio reporter dies after stabbing April 20, 2019 A commentator of a radio station in Butuan City died after he was stabbed by a still unknown assailant Saturday morning, April 20, 2019. The Butuan police said the NUJP said Fancis...

NUJP congratulates Rappler, Bulatlat for qualifying in One World Media Awards

Apr 11, 2019 | Headlines, Statement

Hits: 70April 11, 2019 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines congratulates our colleagues in Bulatlat and Rappler for being long-listed in the One World Media Awards, which “recognize the best media coverage of the developing world, reflecting the...

NUJP condemns harassment of Gumaca radio station

Mar 19, 2019 | Headlines, Statement

Hits: 145March 19, 2019 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines condemns the harassment being perpetrated by Gumaca Quezon Mayor Erwin Caralian and his brother, Vice Mayor El Chor Caralian against Radyo Natin Gumaca. Radyo Natin Operations Manager Mitch...

ALERT: Gumaca radio station manager harassed by mayor

Mar 18, 2019 | Alert, Headlines

Hits: 186March 18, 2019 Radyo Natin Gumaca Station Manager Mitch Hernando turned to social media on Saturday, March 16, to express her outrage her over alleged harassments by Mayor Erwin Caralian and threat to close the station affiliated with MBC. Hernando narrated...

Gov’t, media can’t play fast, loose with due process and rule of law

Mar 7, 2019 | Headlines, Statement

Hits: 26Statement of Journalists and Media Organizations on List of Alleged “Narco Politicians”7 March 2019WE, JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, express grave concern about the likely breach of professional ethics and adverse legal implications of the publication...

NUJP hails TAG Court of Appeals win

Feb 27, 2019 | Headlines, Statement

Hits: 36Feb. 27, 2019 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines hails the legal victory won by former talents of broadcast giant GMA network who the Court of Appeals upheld as regular workers. We congratulate our colleagues in the Talents Association of GMA...

RED TAGGING: Hands off NUJP-Cagayan de Oro member Cong Corrales and family

Feb 22, 2019 | Headlines, Statement

Hits: 68February 22, 2019 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines deplores the inclusion of our member and former director Cong Corrales, his wife and son in an anonymous list naming alleged members of the Communist Party of the Philippines in Cagayan de...

Persecution of Rappler underscores need to decriminalize libel NOW

Feb 18, 2019 | Headlines, Statement

Hits: 49Feb. 18, 2019The government’s persecution of Maria Ressa and Rappler, the latest of which is the Department of Justice’s brazen perversion of the law to allow their prosecution for cyber libel, underscores the urgent need to decriminalize the offense.It is bad...

Philstar takedown: The chilling effect of government’s perversion of the law

Feb 17, 2019 | Headlines, Statement

Hits: 102Feb. 17, 2019 The decision of Philstar.com to take down the 2002 article “Influential businessman eyed in ex-councilor’s slay” is an inevitable consequence of this government’s, through the Department of Justice and the National Bureau of...

Arrest of Maria Ressa is persecution by a bully government

Feb 13, 2019 | Headlines, Statement

Hits: 74Feb. 13, 2019 The arrest Rappler CEO Maria Ressa on the clearly manipulated charge of cyber libel is a shameless act of persecution by a bully government. It is clear that the Department of Justice perverted the law by charging Maria for an offense allegedly...