![[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...
![[SIGN-ON STATEMENT] An assault on the foundations of democracy](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/free-lady-ann-salem_nujp-400x250.jpg)
[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...
![[URGENT ALERT] Journalist arrested by police](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Eo3CkvXUcAEjBJG-400x250.jpg)
[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...
![[Alert] Masbate journo killed by soldiers](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/125410704101643954579753743679497438792425211n_2020-11-17_15-58-51-400x250.jpg)
[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...
![[Alert] Cagayan de Oro journo attacked by police officer](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/wp-cover-400x250.png)
[Alert] Cagayan de Oro journo attacked by police officer
The Cagayan de Oro Press Club reported that one of its members, Rene Abris, was manhandled by an "intoxicated" police officer on November 22. A statement from COPC President Manuel Jaudian said Abris was at a restaurant in Barangay Canitoan talking to the...
![[Alert] Journalists in Camarines Norte arrested over cyber libel raps](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/124033109_1545961098936098_3685424490683596673_n-400x250.jpg)
[Alert] Journalists in Camarines Norte arrested over cyber libel raps
Camarines Norte journalists Virgilio “Bagwis” Avila Jr., Deo Trininad, and Mia Concordia were arrested and detained Tuesday, November 10, for several counts of cyber libel filed against them by Camarines Norte governor Edgar Tallado. As of this writing, all three have...
![[Statement] State security flout the law by abetting Celiz’s lies](https://nujp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-113-400x250.png)
[Statement] State security flout the law by abetting Celiz’s lies
There is a video on YouTube that features Jeffrey Celiz, the so-called "Ka Eric" touted as the "star witness" of the National Task Fore to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, in which he accuses National Union of Journalists of the Philippines Director and past...