We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic THE STATE OF MEDIA FREEDOM IN THE PHILIPPINES 2025 THE STATE of media freedom in the Philippines presents the continuing paradox of a libertarian legal framework that protects freedom of expression and press freedom amid forces hostile to the objectives of journalism to create a truly informed community. Historic disruptions have affected the growth of the press in... STATE OF MEDIA FREEDOM IN THE PHILIPPINES 2024 CMFR and NUJP recorded around 135 incidents of attacks and threats against media workers from 1 July 2022 to 30 April 2024. This number exceeds the number of attacks and threats in the first 22 months of Duterte’s term. State of Press Freedom in the Philippines 2023 This report focuses on the present, the state of the press in the country in the first ten months of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. QC court convicts Baguio-based journo of cyber libel CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Quezon City court convicted Baguio-based journalist and Rappler correspondent Frank Cimatu of cyber libel on December 13 over a 2017 Facebook post that the court said accused then Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol of corruption. PH Impunity and Government’s Denial: Unnecessary response to the killing of journalists and other HRVs Impunity persists because it is a culture rooted in conditions that have not been addressed. Impunity has revealed that the laws and the conduct of government are no longer based on justice and its related principles of truth. FMFA STATEMENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH BULATLAT AND PINOY WEEKLY THE undersigned journalists, media organizations and advocacy groups unequivocally condemn the government’s blocking of access to the websites of media outlets Bulatlat and Pinoy Weekly and of other organizations on the claim that these are “affiliated to and are supporting terrorists and terrorist organizations.” SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER, KEEP POWER IN CHECK! World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2018 Manila, Philippines  A Report by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Philippine Press Institute (PPI), and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) RODRIGO R. Duterte’s presidency has altered and controlled the... The Media and the Duterte Presidency: Impunity Acute and Benign, Fettered Flow of information by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism THE PRESS in the Philippines has been described to be among the freest in Asia if not in the world, robust, almost rambunctious in... Tabloid Columnist Gunned Down in Masbate CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two unidentified men on a motorcycle shot dead a columnist for Remate, Joaquin Briones, in Milagros, Masbate around 8 a.m. on March 13. He was also a former radio commentator. Remate, a national tabloid in Filipino, is published in Manila. If proven work-related, the killing is... Cotabato Radio Blocktimer Shot Dead CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio blocktimer, who was also a close-in aide of Mayor Russel Abonado of M’lang, Cotabato, was fatally shot in this town by unidentified suspects on February 1. Cotabato is 1,225 kilometers south of Manila. Marlon Muyco was riding a motorcycle on his way home with... 123…47Next »
