Community journalist Orlando “Don Don” Dinoy, was killed past 6 p.m. on Saturday inside his apartment on Mother Ignacia St. in Poblacion Uno, Bansalan, Davao del Sur.
Philippine Media Statement on Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize
We join our fellow Filipinos in celebrating the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize given to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov. We applaud the Nobel Committee's recognition of the courage not just of these two journalists but of so many others who speak truth to power “in...
[Statement] NUJP to Roque: Don’t deny censorship on PH press
Attorney Harry Roque, the Philippine press has been under siege under your principal for the last five years, and if you refuse to listen to the journalists who you used to represent, just ask your former colleagues in the human rights community. You are denying...
[Statement] Congratulations, Maria
(Photo credit: Rappler.com) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines congratulates fellow journalist Maria Ressa for winning the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 with Dmitry Muratov of Novaja Gazeta in Russia. Ressa, CEO and president of Rappler, is the first...
[Statement] Can police simply ‘neglect’ a person’s rights?
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines stands with our member and colleague Margarita Valle as she seeks justice for her wrongful arrest at the Laguindingan airport in 2019. After being held incognito for hours on what police would later say was a case...
[Statement] Cyberattacks deserve more than silence
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines joins our colleagues in Altermidya and Bulatlat in calling for accountability for cyberattacks that the National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-PH) has confirmed used an IP address assigned to the Philippine...
[Statement] A year later, our call remains: Ibalik ang ABS-CBN
A year ago today, 53 ABS-CBN television and radio stations in regions outside Metro Manila went silent, a consequence of a House committee's decision to reject a new franchise for the broadcast giant. While it is true that the network and some of its...
[Alert] Kalinga journalists post bail for cyber libel case
(Photo courtesy: Guru Press) Brent Martinez and Ghumie Pinkihan — editors of Guru Press in Tabuk, Kalinga — paid P192,000 in bail on Friday, August 27, over a cyber libel case fled by the town's mayor. According to a report on Guru Press, the warrants for the arrest...
[Statement] Justice for Gwenn Salamida
(Photo courtesy: Boy Santos, The STAR) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines condoles with the family and colleagues of Gwenn Salamida of 'Saksi Ngayon', who was shot dead in a salon that she owned in Quezon City on August 17. According to a statement...