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Under President Benigno Aquino III's watch, 31 journalists have been murdered, bringing the total since 1986 to 171.
“Just when the company is doing better, the management wants to short change the employees.”
"It is the responsibility of the Philippine National Police to ensure their safety as they do their job as journalists."
"They were not negotiating at all are instead dictating the terms of the CBA."
“The point of a new CBA is to improve the wages and benefits of employees but it seems the management does not want anything better for us. If the employees are treated well, they would be more productive and the company will also benefit.”
Arturo “Nonoy” Regalado, a known close aide of former Palawan governor and alleged mastermind Joel Reyes, was sentenced to reclusion perpetua.
Media censorship, media repression existed during martial law, and in 2012, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. authored the Cybercrime Law.
The management wants to implement a two-tier wage increase, with only 50 percent being guaranteed and the other half dependent on the company’s and employee’s performance.
The NUJP pointed out that campus journalists are no less legitimate than those who work for the mainstream media and therefore have all the right to cover events of public interest such as an NAPC forum.
“There is very limited time for substantive discussions.”
“This case once again proves that the culture of impunity persists.”
“We welcome a brand new year with another victory, proving that good things come to those who fight for justice and their rights.”
“Who should tell the stories of the poor and the downtrodden?’ They should. The poor and the marginalized must be their own voices.”
“Aquino told us during his campaign for presidency that he would resolve the case before he gets down. Now, he is ignoring us.”
In the 2014 Impunity Index of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Philippines was ranked third next to Iraq and Somalia.
Another day of delay in bringing justice to the 58 victims is another license for greater human rights violations and unaccountability in the country. We could no longer allow this government, or the next, to continue this injustice.
“TAG is confident that the decisions of the arbiter and commissioner of the NLRC are affirmations that we have a solid case for regularization.”
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