The EcoWaste Coalition, a non-profit environmental health organization, is gravely alarmed by the mounting danger of ABS-CBN losing its congressional franchise, which is set to expire on 30 March 2020. Grossly upset by the quo warranto petition filed by the Office of the Solicitor General asking the Supreme Court to forfeit the franchise of the…
The quo warranto case filed by the Solicitor General today against ABS-CBN, the country’s largest and most influential network, has all the indications of political harassment. This is clearly an attempt by the Duterte government to intimidate or control ABS-CBN, which has aired and published critical reporting on the government, including its deadly “war on…
A Department of Health (DOH) official berated Basilan-based Rappler journalist Richard Falcatan for covering a hospital inspection he was invited to cover on Saturday, June 8. DOH Director Leonita Gorgolon, director for Health Facilities Enhancement Program, shouted at Rappler correspondent and DXNO Basilan station manager Richard Falcatan at the Basilan General Hospital in Isabela City,…
News heads Maria Ressa of Rappler and Ellen Tordesillas of Vera Files on Monday, April 22, slammed the government over a matrix linking them and other journalists to an alleged plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. Aside from Rappler and Vera Files, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) was also implicated in the matrix.…
Press Freedom Part 1 | Threats In this short video, journalists Ezra Acayan, Ed Lingao, JC Gotinga, Pia Ranada, Jason Gutierrez and Inday Espina-Varona speak of the attack against the free press, and what will stop them from reporting. #DefendPressFreedom Submit your contribution online through HRonlinePH@gmail.com Include your full name, e-mail address and contact…
A new weapon against press freedom in the Philippines Carlos Conde, former correspondent for The New York Times in Manila, is the Philippines researcher for Human Rights Watch. As a former journalist, I often find myself straining to explain press freedom in the Philippines. Many people I meet seem to have a rather straightforward view:…
Speak Truth to Power, Keep Power in Check 03 May 2018 RODRIGO R. Duterte’s presidency has altered and controlled the public discourse so radically in its favor in ways rude and bold. Its tragic result: it has restricted and narrowed the celebrated freedom of the Philippine press and the people’s cherished right to know. In…
Philippine Government Bans Journalist from Presidential Palace Locking Out Rappler News Site Threatens Media Freedoms By Carlos H. Conde Researcher, Asia Division Human Rights Watch @condeHRW Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration renewed its assault on the media by banning a reporter and the executive editor from the news site Rappler from entering the executive office…
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Respect the students’ right to press freedom! Statement calling for an end to campus press freedom violations committed against UPHL Gazette. The College Editors Guild of the Philippines – Southern Tagalog chapter expresses strong support to the ongoing campaign of the UPHL Gazette, the official student publication of the University of Perpetual Help – Biñan,…
Visual Spectrum Visual art has shown that art without advocacy floats in a void while art with a direction and reflective of the people’s sentiments is by itself an accomplishment that can be instantly shared with others. A bold move to break away from conventional art is to immerse with the ordinary people to learn…
SPEAK UP AGAINST IMPUNITY National Union of Journalists of the Philippines January 23 marks the 39th month since the Ampatuan Massacre. Since 1986, 154 journalists, including 32 of the 58 victims in the brutal murder, have been killed in the line of duty. The insatiable lust for power by some, a wanton disregard for rights,…
Source: http://ramatak.net/ August 24 marks the 7th month since the murder of my father, Doc Gerry Ortega. I am knocking on your door again, asking you to please add your voice to the chorus this week–mention it in a column, a blog, Facebook, Twitter, discuss it on radio, with friends, etc. We have evidence that…
Press freedom declines worldwide but PH posts ‘modest improvement – Freedom House – Interaksyon.com. Nonoy Espina, InterAksyon.com MANILA, Philippines – A press freedom watchdog said ‘the number of people worldwide with access to free and independent media declined to its lowest level in over a decade’ last year, although the Philippines, which is still considered…
This article is extracted from the Editorial of Panay News. Below is the Editor’s note and to read full article please follow the link http://www.panaynewsphilippines.com/editorial.htm (We yield this space to the statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2011. – Editor.) AS in…
