Alternative media outfits identify cyber-attackers, file complaints
Alternative media outfits identified two companies behind the intense cyber attacks against them since December.
Alternative media outfits identify cyber-attackers, file complaints
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Int’l media watchdog ‘mirrors’ Philippine alternative news amid cyber-attacks
Int’l media watchdog ‘mirrors’ Philippine alternative news amid cyber-attacks
International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has included in their website mirroring campaign two Philippine alternative news websites, Bulatlat and Kodao Productions, following the intense cyber-attacks since December.
What World Day against Cyber Censorship means to Filipino journalists
What World Day against Cyber Censorship means to Filipino journalists
By targeting the Philippine alternative press, however, those behind the attack inadvertently highlighted its role in shaping public opinion.
On World Day Against Cyber-Censorship, state-sponsored attack vs. Philippine alternative media assailed
On World Day Against Cyber-Censorship, state-sponsored attack vs. Philippine alternative media assailed
“We have reason to believe that the Duterte administration has orchestrated this cyber attack on websites of critical and independent media as part of its efforts to silence criticism and dissent against it,” said Ronalyn Olea, managing editor of Bulatlat.
‘Time to fight back for alternative news under attack’
‘Time to fight back for alternative news under attack’
Since December, Bulatlat and several alternative media outfits have been experiencing a series of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, where the server of a website is maliciously being overloaded to shut it down.
GMA 7 talents are regular employees, appellate court rules
GMA 7 talents are regular employees, appellate court rules
“Truly, without their work, petitioner GMA would have nothing to air, hence the private respondents' services in the former's television program were unquestionably necessary and essential.”
Students walk out of class to call for press freedom
Students walk out of class to call for press freedom
“If we recall, during the Marcos dictatorship, the first thing he did was to suppress the media.
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Journos raise alarm over anonymous drug lists
Journos raise alarm over anonymous drug lists
The statement, issued by the Negros Press Club and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines – Bacolod Chapter demanded that “authorities – both law enforcement and the civil government – uphold the rule of law and ensure the safety of all citizens, especially the innocent” by investigating and prosecuting those responsible for creating and spreading the lists.
Groups condemn arrest of Rappler’s Maria Ressa
Groups condemn arrest of Rappler’s Maria Ressa
"This government, led by a man who has proven averse to criticism and dissent, now proves it will go to ridiculous lengths to forcibly silence a critical media and stifle free expression and thought."
Journalists mark 10 years of injustice over Ampatuan Massacre
Journalists mark 10 years of injustice over Ampatuan Massacre
“We remember Ampatuan Massacre but we have to bring back the rage.”
NUJP condemns gov’t hand in red baiting
NUJP condemns gov’t hand in red baiting
“That the state news agency, which is under the supervision of the Presidential Communications Operations Office, saw fit to run this utterly malicious and false story clearly proves that this is, indeed, an orchestrated campaign to vilify and silence not just the NUJP but the independent and critical press, involving no less than the Government of the Republic of the Philippines.”
How Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ endangers journalists
How Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ endangers journalists
“The best way to ensure safety, really, is for government to do its job to protect each and every citizen of the country and stamp out the culture of impunity that has emboldened not only those who wish to silence the independent media but also suppress other basic rights."
NUJP denounces red-tagging
NUJP denounces red-tagging
“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.”
9 years after Ampatuan Massacre, still no justice
9 years after Ampatuan Massacre, still no justice
“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."
Radyo Lumad, voice of Mindanao’s tribes
Radyo Lumad, voice of Mindanao’s tribes
Since October 2017, Radyo Lumad has been on air eight hours a day, five times a week.
The woman who squeezed men’s balls and other stories of courage and hope recognized at Gawad Agong
The woman who squeezed men’s balls and other stories of courage and hope recognized at Gawad Agong
Katribu hopes to encourage more journalists to write about indigenous peoples’ struggles and aspirations.
Filipino women journalists: attacked but unbowed*
Filipino women journalists: attacked but unbowed*
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.
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