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[Alert] Cagayan de Oro journo attacked by police officer

by Alyssa Clarin | Nov 25, 2020 | Alert

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

by Alyssa Clarin | Nov 10, 2020 | Alert

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

by Alyssa Clarin | Nov 10, 2020 | Statement

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...

[Alert] NUJP member who survived 2016 slay try shot dead

by Alyssa Clarin | Nov 10, 2020 | Alert

A journalist who survived a slay attempt in 2016 was shot dead early Tuesday morning, November 10, in front of his home in Villasis, Pangasinan, police and colleagues said. A police spot report said Virgilio Maganes, who turned 62 on November 7, was about to enter his...

[Statement] On the termination of ABS-CBN’s YouTube channels

by Alyssa Clarin | Nov 3, 2020 | Statement

At around 7:30 am on Tuesday, November 3, YouTube terminated the ABS-CBN News and ANC channels over some yet unspecified violations of the video sharing site's terms of service. By afternoon, they had been restored even as the Philippine Star's Janvic Mateo reported...

[Statement] Rolly is a dreadful lesson on press freedom

by Alyssa Clarin | Nov 3, 2020 | Statement

Nothing has better illustrated the great disservice to the nation the government, particularly the House, has wrought through the shutting down of ABS-CBN than Super Typhoon Rolly's deadly rampage through the Bicol region. This is not to denigrate the usual yeoman's...

[Statement] Persistent impunity is society’s, not just media’s, loss

by Alyssa Clarin | Nov 2, 2020 | Statement

November 2 is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. And, of course, this day continues to remind us of how deeply entrenched the culture of impunity is in the Philippines, where 189 journalists have been murdered since 1986 with hardly...

[Statement] NUJP TO PARLADE: The burden of proof is on the accuser

by Alyssa Clarin | Oct 28, 2020 | Statement

In an October 26 appearance on One News' The Chiefs. Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., spokesman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, as usual without proffering any proof, claimed communist rebels have "infiltrated lahat ng media outfit...

[Alert] Ombudsman dismiss Ging Valle cas

by Alyssa Clarin | Oct 27, 2020 | Alert

The Office of the Ombudsman dismissed the case of Grave Misconduct, Grave Abuse of Authority, Conduct Unbecoming of Public Official filed by journalist Fedilina Margarita " Ging" Valle against 17 military and police officers in relation to her arrest and detention...

[Statement] A disgrace to journalism

by Alyssa Clarin | Oct 25, 2020 | Statement

Shame on the Manila Times for running an editorial cartoon that parrots the mindless red tagging by government of critics and dissenters. The cartoon, titled "The many faces of local communists," shows a communist rebel apparently painting masks to be worn by figures...

[STATEMENT] Philstar.com reporter targeted on YouTube

by Alyssa Clarin | Oct 21, 2020 | Alert

A YouTube channel supportive of President Rodrigo Duterte has targeted a Philstar.com reporter over media coverage of the president's comment that there are 167 million drug users in the Philippines. "Pinoy Streamline" took exception to media coverage of Duterte's...

[Statement] BJMP has no business preventing media from work

by Alyssa Clarin | Oct 14, 2020 | Statement

As Nasino gives her statement to the media, jail guards attempt to whisk her away pic.twitter.com/nHuaqDbsrw — Bulatlat (@bulatlat) October 14, 2020 The National Union of Journalists condemns personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology who attempted to...