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“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."
NUJP sees the attack on Kodao as part of the Duterte government's "efforts to silence critical media, as seen in the continuing attempt to shut down Rappler, threaten other news outfits, and other voices of dissent."
“This proposal is as dangerous as it is, to put it as plainly as possible, stupid.”
“Who is next, Mr. President? ABS-CBN? The community journalists tagged as communists? The artists who expose your bloody drug war?”
“We live in a time where truth is being undermined and where lies reign. In order for reason to triumph, we must fight for it.”
Five journalists have been gunned down under the Duterte administration, bringing to 178 the total of media killings since 1986, the restoration of democratic institutions.
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