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Comments on Media Workers’ Welfare bills before the Senate labor committee

by Jonathan De Santos | Nov 4, 2021 | Diarista 2021, Statement, Sticky

Legislation to ensure just compensation and working conditions for journalists and media workers is as timely now as it ever has been for the profession and while the media prides itself on being a self-regulating profession, this has also made it vulnerable to unfair...

[Statement] We remember fallen colleagues and our vow to assert press freedom

by Alyssa Clarin | Nov 2, 2021 | Statement

As we mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists today, we remember our fallen colleagues and continue to hope for justice for them. We are hopeful for a swift resolution of the investigation into the killing of Orlando "Dondon" Dinoy in...

[ALERT] Community reporter killed in Davao del Sur

by Jonathan De Santos | Oct 30, 2021 | Alert

Community journalist Orlando “Don Don” Dinoy, was killed past 6 p.m. on Saturday inside his apartment on Mother Ignacia St. in Poblacion Uno, Bansalan, Davao del Sur.

Philippine Media Statement on Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize

by Jonathan De Santos | Oct 25, 2021 | Statement

We join our fellow Filipinos in celebrating the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize given to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov. We applaud the Nobel Committee's recognition of the courage not just of these two journalists but of so many others who speak truth to power “in...

[Statement] NUJP to Roque: Don’t deny censorship on PH press

by Alyssa Clarin | Oct 12, 2021 | Statement

Attorney Harry Roque, the Philippine press has been under siege under your principal for the last five years, and if you refuse to listen to the journalists who you used to represent, just ask your former colleagues in the human rights community. You are denying...

[Statement] Congratulations, Maria

by Alyssa Clarin | Oct 8, 2021 | Statement

(Photo credit: Rappler.com) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines congratulates fellow journalist Maria Ressa for winning the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 with Dmitry Muratov of Novaja Gazeta in Russia. Ressa, CEO and president of Rappler, is the first...

[Statement] Can police simply ‘neglect’ a person’s rights?

by Alyssa Clarin | Oct 1, 2021 | Statement

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines stands with our member and colleague Margarita Valle as she seeks justice for her wrongful arrest at the Laguindingan airport in 2019. After being held incognito for hours on what police would later say was a case...

[Statement] Cyberattacks deserve more than silence

by Alyssa Clarin | Sep 24, 2021 | Statement

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines joins our colleagues in Altermidya and Bulatlat in calling for accountability for cyberattacks that the National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-PH) has confirmed used an IP address assigned to the Philippine...

[Statement] A year later, our call remains: Ibalik ang ABS-CBN

by Alyssa Clarin | Aug 28, 2021 | Statement

A year ago today, 53 ABS-CBN television and radio stations in regions outside Metro Manila went silent, a consequence of a House committee's decision to reject a new franchise for the broadcast giant. While it is true that the network and some of its...

[Alert] Kalinga journalists post bail for cyber libel case

by Alyssa Clarin | Aug 28, 2021 | Alert

(Photo courtesy: Guru Press) Brent Martinez and Ghumie Pinkihan — editors of Guru Press in Tabuk, Kalinga — paid P192,000 in bail on Friday, August 27, over a cyber libel case fled by the town's mayor. According to a report on Guru Press, the warrants for the arrest...

[Statement] Justice for Gwenn Salamida

by Alyssa Clarin | Aug 19, 2021 | Alert, Statement

(Photo courtesy: Boy Santos, The STAR) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines condoles with the family and colleagues of Gwenn Salamida of 'Saksi Ngayon', who was shot dead in a salon that she owned in Quezon City on August 17. According to a statement...

[Statement] Correction, not deflection

by Alyssa Clarin | Aug 19, 2021 | Statement

(Photo courtesy: Boy Santos, The STAR) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines welcomes Philippine National Police chief Guillermo Eleazar's correction of his statement for the Commission on Audit not to publicize its audit findings. Audit processes are...