Reporter threatened by Davao del Sur mayor
By Dateline Philippines MANILA, Philippines – A re-electionist town mayor in Davao del Sur allegedly threatened to have a correspondent of the Philippine Daily Inquirer killed after the elections, the…
NUJP demands sanctions for Camiguin governor for mauling TV crew
Dumaguis said they went to follow up a tip on vote buying but they were discovered before they could take footage.
Former NUJP chair: Hunt for information in the Philippines, a deadly game
By GERMELINA LACORTE Twenty-three years after the ratification of the Philippine Constitution that ensured the public’s right to know, the hunt for information in the country remains a deadly game, the former chair of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said.
National Union of Journalists of The Philippines Official Statement on World Press Freedom Day (May 3, 2010)
Today, World Press Freedom Day, we the members of the Philippine press call to account this administration whose sins of omission and commission over the past nine years have resulted…
COMMENTARY: Far from being just a profession, media work is a commitment to serve
By GINGGING AVELLANOSA-VALLE They have fallen not only in pursuit of a story, but also because of that call of duty: the need to inform the public about what’s going on.