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“With at least 12 colleagues slain under the watch of a president who has actually justified the murder of journalists--remember “Just because you're a journalist you are not exempted from assassination, if you're a son of a bitch?"--and openly and constantly curses and threatens media, we are taking this matter very, very seriously.”
“And while a closure to this tragedy is most welcome, we stress that it should not in any way detract from the State’s continued accountability for its continued failure to bring an end to the threats and attacks against journalists and to give justice to the more than 100 other victims of media killings since 1986."
Since October 2017, Radyo Lumad has been on air eight hours a day, five times a week.
Katribu hopes to encourage more journalists to write about indigenous peoples’ struggles and aspirations.
Journalists cannot sit idly by while the highest official of the land leads the attacks on press freedom and wields the machinery of government to peddle lies and deception.
“From lewd ‘pepe-dede’ videos to mocking hearing-impaired citizens, Uson and her equally wastrel sidekicks have wasted public funds on displays of poor values.”
“NutriAsia is not only a violator of labor laws but a threat to press freedom.”
Journalists need only the same protection that government is mandated to provide every citizen, and do not have to be singled out as members of a privileged group, hence the superfluity of any special recognition of their rights through alleged Magna Cartas that are actually meant to impose government control and regulation.
“Instead of resisting an assault on the fundamental freedom of the press to decide what to publish, the Inquirer is surrendering the right.”
When asked about his vision for NUJP, newly elected NUJP Chairperson Nonoy Espina told Bulatlat, “Hopefully see a stronger, more united union fighting off threats to our safety and welfare. We should work not only to unite our ranks but also to align ourselves with the people, whose right to information we serve, for without them we can never win this struggle.”
Arts and media group, Let’s Organize for Democracy and Integrity (Lodi) has slammed social media platform Facebook for taking down accounts of Duterte critics Mae “Juana Change” Paner and the popular Pinoy Ako Blog (PAB) creator Jover Laurio.
But, like fear, courage could be contagious. And unlike fear that disempowers, courage built on the power of truth and the unity of all in media is a force that empowers.
"Sabi ko sa kanya, lumaban siya at maliliit pa ang mga bata," (I told him to fight for his life; our children are still young).
"This is an affront to press freedom... If this has happened to Edmund, it could happen to anybody."
The new rules threaten to revoke the accreditation of journalists who “besmirch the reputation of the House of Representatives, its officials or members.”
“This is a clear effort of the present administration to silence its critics and to sow fear among the people.”
“Let there be no doubt that harassing, punishing and terrorizing a free press are symptoms of a tyranny."
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