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...
[Statement] Malacañang’s new matrix a ‘piece of unadulterated crap’
May 8, 2019 The NUJP refuses to dignify such a piece of unadulterated crap as the new "matrix" presented by Sal Panelo apparently expands on the earlier oust-Duterte canard and now purports to link more people and groups like us to Rodel Jayme. At best, this is yet...
Philstar takedown: The chilling effect of government’s perversion of the law
Feb. 17, 2019 The decision of Philstar.com to take down the 2002 article "Influential businessman eyed in ex-councilor's slay" is an inevitable consequence of this government’s, through the Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation, twisting the...
Arrest of Maria Ressa is persecution by a bully government
Feb. 13, 2019 The arrest Rappler CEO Maria Ressa on the clearly manipulated charge of cyber libel is a shameless act of persecution by a bully government. It is clear that the Department of Justice perverted the law by charging Maria for an offense allegedly committed...
Rappler cyberlibel indictment endangers freedom of the press, expression
It is extremely unfortunate, though not surprising, that the Department of Justice has approved the filing of a cyber libel case against Rappler and its CEO Maria Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. While we are confident that Rappler can competently...