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 Journalists file petition vs efforts to muzzle press brLast March 8, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) joined other media groups and some of the most prominent print and broadcast journalists in the Philippines in filing a petition before the Court of Appeals restraining executive officials from muzzling the media. Named respondents in the petition... NUJP website allegedly hacked MANILA, Philippines — A popular national journalists’ union website actively publishing statements against the recent government’s crackdown on media was allegedly hacked by unknown parties last week, resulting to its temporary shutdown. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) website could not be accessed practically the whole... Laguna journalists suppressed: Video coverage in city council sessions barred In a move echoing the national government’s suppression of media, the city council barred video coverage of its meetings and sessions in San Pablo, Laguna, located around 75 kilometers south of Manila. In a resolution dated 21 February 2006, the San Pablo City Council, headed by Vice-mayor Lauro Vidal,... Aurora radio broadcaster nabbed A radio broadcaster working for a non-government organization was reportedly kidnapped last 03 March (Manila time) in the town of Baler, Aurora province, about 150 kilometers northeast of Manila. Joey Estriber, a commentator of radio station dzJO based in the said town, was taken by unidentified men at around... Tribune publisher charged with two others An editor-publisher and two of her newspaper’s columnists were charged for allegedly inciting sedition, just moments after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo lifted the state of national emergency or Presidential Proclamation 1017 (PP1017) here last Friday (03 March 2006) morning. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), operatives from the Philippine... Vague circulars Here is the National Telecommunication Commission‘s Memorandum Circular No. 01-01-01, issued on Jan. 2001 and reissued after the government issued Presidential Proclamation no. 1017: WHEREAS, the National Telecommunications Commission has received sufficient and reliable information form the Office of the Press Secretary of suspicious elements who are out to... PPI laments attempts to curb press freedom Here comes another statement from the Philippine Press Institute after the group met last March 1: The Philippine Press Institute views with grave concern attempts to curtail press freedom following President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s declaration of a state of national emergency. A newspaper’s editorial office and printing press have... Presidential Proclamation 1017 attacks Philippine media MANILA, Philippines – Exactly twenty years after the restoration of democracy and press freedom in the country, local media was again under threat shortly after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a state of national emergency via Presidential Proclamation 1017 (PP1017) early in the morning of 24 February. Several hours after... For the record The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility strongly opposes President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s declaration of a State of National Emergency and urges her to withdraw it. The Center also condemns the suppression of democratic rights and liberties committed in its name. The government has announced that it will take over... PPI Statement (The following is the statement issued by Mr. Amado P. Macasaet, chairman-president of the Philippine Press Institute and publisher of Malaya in the light of the declaration of state of emergency today by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.) The Supreme Court ruled after the siege of Malacanang on May 21, 2001,... « Previous1…313233343536Next »
