![[Statement] Parlade’s threat vs Inquirer.net’s Torres-Tupas proves peril of ATL](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/145644383_10164738628865374_8110863327462516120_o-400x250.jpg)
[Statement] Parlade’s threat vs Inquirer.net’s Torres-Tupas proves peril of ATL
Not even a week since oral arguments on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 started and the spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict has flexed his muscles and shown precisely the behavior that petitioners against the draconian law have...
![[Statement] Hail to the truth-tellers](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BFP-Ms.-Oducayen-400x250.png)
[Statement] Hail to the truth-tellers
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines hails the nomination of media groups and our country's very own Maria Ressa for the Nobel Peace Prize. More than the prestige the Nobel brings, the nomination is a welcome recognition of the vital role of the...
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[Statement] Bercasio deserves justice
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines share the dismay and incredulity of our colleagues in Sorsogon province over police claims that the New People's Army murdered Jobert "Polpog" Bercasio, the former radio reporter who hosted a commentary show on...
![[Statement] 10 years after, still no justice for Doc Gerry Ortega](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/142198569_10164674289430374_8137585148558675633_n-400x250.png)
[Statement] 10 years after, still no justice for Doc Gerry Ortega
Ten years ago today in Puerto Princesa, journalist, environmentalist and good governance advocate Gerardo "Doc Gerry" Ortega was shot dead by a gunman in an "ukay-ukay" store he visited after hosting his program "Ramatak" on radio station dwAR-FM. In a rare...
![[Statement] AFP page red-tags journalists Bobby Coloma and Roel Landingin, others in post](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/142378086_10164667043375374_249572169114562390_o-400x250.jpg)
[Statement] AFP page red-tags journalists Bobby Coloma and Roel Landingin, others in post
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines condemns the malicious red-tagging of two respected colleagues, Roberto "Bobby" Coloma, the bureau chief for Singapore and Malaysia of Agence France Presse, and business and economic journalist Roel Landingin, who...
![[Statement] LONG OVERDUE: Decriminalize libel now!](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/photo-by-Jire-Carreon-ABS-CBN-News-400x250.jpg)
[Statement] LONG OVERDUE: Decriminalize libel now!
The latest cyber libel charge against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, her third, and this time with reporter Rambo Talabong as co-accused, underscores the long-overdue need to decriminalize defamation given how our laws continue to be used more often than not to intimidate...
![[Statement] Bring back ABS-CBN, respect the people’s right to know](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/107555057_10163837488270374_2812348985181908258_o-400x250.jpg)
[Statement] Bring back ABS-CBN, respect the people’s right to know
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines greets with cautious optimism the filing by Senate President Vicente Sotto III of a bill seeking to grant ABS-CBN a fresh franchise that would bring back the network on air. We likewise welcome the news that...
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[SIGN-ON STATEMENT] An assault on the foundations of democracy
This is what the Duterte government, through its National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, has mounted by red-tagging not only the alternative media but even critical segments of the dominant media. The baseless accusations against alternative media...
![[Alert] Court clears 6 journos of libel raps filed by Camarines Norte gov, ex-board member](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/wp-cover3-400x250.png)
[Alert] Court clears 6 journos of libel raps filed by Camarines Norte gov, ex-board member
A court in Camarines Norte dismissed several libel cases filed against six journalists by Governor Edgardo Tallado and former provincial board member Rodolfo Gache. In open court, Judge Winston Racoma of Regional Trial Court Branch 39 cited the "lack of...
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[URGENT ALERT] Journalist arrested by police
Journalist and Manila Today editor Lady Ann Salem was among those arrested in a wave of arrests conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) this morning. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the PNP arrested Salem at her house in Mandaluyong...
![[Alert] Kalinga journalists sued for cyber-libel in Isabela](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/wp-cover1-400x250.png)
[Alert] Kalinga journalists sued for cyber-libel in Isabela
The publisher and editor-in-chief of a community paper in Kalinga are facing a cyberlibel complaint that the mayor of the provincial capital Tabuk filed with the provincial prosecutor's office in Cabagan, Isabela, some 100 kilometers away. Also included in the...
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[Alert] Masbate journo killed by soldiers
[Alert] Masbate journo killed by soldiers A freelance journalist in Masbate province was gunned down by soldiers in Milagros town on Saturday, November 14, in what authorities claimed was an "encounter" but which the victims' colleagues denied. The killing of Ronnie...