Recent Posts | National Union of Journalists of the Philippines

[Statement] We stand with Altermidya

by Alyssa Clarin | Jul 30, 2020 | Statement

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines stands by our colleagues in Altermidya-People's Alternative Media Network as they submit before the Commission on Human Rights complaints against government civil and security agencies and officials who have...

[Anniversary Statement] NUJP@34: Truth will prevail

by Alyssa Clarin | Jul 30, 2020 | Statement, Sticky

30 July 2020 Today, July 30, 2020, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines turns 34 during what may be the most challenging and perilous time for our profession and, yes, the truth. Never since the late unlamented dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared...

[Statement] Let us not succumb to fear or surrender to lies

by Alyssa Clarin | Jul 27, 2020 | Statement

Today, as President Duterte delivers his fifth and penultimate State of the Nation Address to a nation in a state of disarray, we the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines join the Filipino people in demanding the respect and restoration of our basic rights...

[Statement] Protect your journalists and people, CDO

by Alyssa Clarin | Jul 26, 2020 | Statement

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines demands that the Cagayan de Oro police investigate and track down those responsible for delivering funeral wreaths to the ABS-CBN station there on Saturday evening, July 25. The wreaths bore ribbons that linked the...

[Statement] Police seizure of news magazines in Bulacan a preview of abuses under Terror Law

by Alyssa Clarin | Jul 26, 2020 | Statement

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines denounces the police of Pandi, Bulacan for illegally confiscating, nay, stealing thousand of copies of the alternative media magazine Pinoy Weekly from the office of the urban poor coalition Kalipunan ng Damayang...

[Statement] Mourn for Mavic, fight for justice

by Alyssa Clarin | Jul 23, 2020 | Statement

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippine joins our colleagues and friends at ABS-CBN in mourning the passing of production manager Mavic Holgado-Oducayen. According to those who most knew and worked with her, Ms Oducayen suffered a heart attack on learning...

[PRESS STATEMENT] RESIST: Journalists, artists ask SC to junk Terror Law

by Alyssa Clarin | Jul 23, 2020 | News, Statement

Today, July 23, 2020, we, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, together with Rappler journalists led by Glenda Gloria, ABS-CBN's Ces Oreña Drilon, members of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines, led by their chairman Neil Doloricon and chairman...

[Statement] Mr. Roque, Maria Ressa is a victim

by Alyssa Clarin | Jul 22, 2020 | Statement

Funny how presidential spokesman Harry Roque's petulant dig at Maria Ressa for discussing the House's utterly baseless rejection of ABS-CBN's franchise actually underscores the fact that, contrary to claims that freedom of the press and of expression are alive and...

[Statement] The media are not the enemy

by Alyssa Clarin | Jul 17, 2020 | Alert, Statement

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines calls out agencies of the state's security apparatus for attacking press freedom to the extent of equating calls for its protection with terrorism. We specifically call out the Malaybalay City Police Station and the...

[Statement] Mahigpit na yakap, Kapamilya

by Alyssa Clarin | Jul 15, 2020 | Statement

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is saddened by the announcement, albeit inevitable, by ABS-CBN that it will be retrenching part of its workforce following the unjust rejection of its franchise application by the House committee on legislative...

[Statement] The will of the people will prevail

by Alyssa Clarin | Jul 10, 2020 | Statement

Today, July 10, 2020, the House of Representatives of the 18th Congress of the Philippines has declared itself enemy of democracy. Today, this chamber has lost all claim to represent the people and our interests. Today, not only have more than 11,000 people been...

[Statement] Be on the right side of history, approve ABS-CBN’s franchise

by Alyssa Clarin | Jul 7, 2020 | Statement

After 12 sessions, the joint hearing on the franchise of ABS-CBN by the House committees on legislative franchises and on good governance and public accountability finally ended on July 6, 2020. In the coming days, the legislative franchises committee is expected to...