No Tag: Press Freedom for Pluralism

May 18, 2024

NO TAG: Press Freedom for Pluralism From Rodrigo Duterte (2016-2022) to Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2022-present), the Philippine government has denied or downplayed the existence of red-tagging, or the longtime practice of labeling dissenters as communists in order to...
Statement | Actions speak louder than words

Statement | Actions speak louder than words

Apr 16, 2024 | Statement

It’s easy to believe Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s pronouncements about press freedom if killers of journalists have been brought to justice, if Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been released, if red-tagging has stopped, if libel has been decriminalized, if the order to...
Statement | Junk the NTC Memo

Statement | Junk the NTC Memo

Jan 29, 2024 | Statement, Sticky

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) joins other organizations in reiterating our demand for the scrapping of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) memorandum ordering the blocking of 27 websites. Media outfits Bulatlat and Pinoy...
Statement | Friendlier ties, but far from free

Statement | Friendlier ties, but far from free

Jan 16, 2024 | Statement

Once described as having the freest press in Asia, the Philippines has been overtaken on the annual World Press Freedom Index by Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Despite slight improvement since the end of the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, there have...