While watching the orchestrated shooting at the Senate back in June, I only thought of one thing: the freedom of the press is compromised. Those in power are ever-desperate to control and feed the mass media with a coverage unworthy of people's attention in an attempt to cover- up their...
Altermidya Network condemns the apparent attempt by the Philippine National Police–Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP–CIDG) to intimidate campus journalist Jacob Vergara Baluyot, associate editor of The Catalyst, after he covered the September 21 Aksyon...
Kenneth Roland Guda & Avon Ang Bryan*, a resident of the University Belt, recounted how he witnessed the shooting of Eric Saber, 35, during the chaos in Recto Avenue, near Mendiola, on September 21, 2025. Eric, he said, was a bystander who took no part in the...
Original photo from The Philippine Daily Inquirer Ni TONYO CRUZContributor Masayang umaga ang bumati sa mga tao ngayong araw ng Linggo dahil sa balita na ipo-proklama na ng Comelec ang Gabriela bilang nanalong partylist sa 2025 elections. Paliwanag ni Chairman George...
ILOILO CITY-- A group of anti-dam advocates has rejected recent claims of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) that no human rights or environmental laws were violated in ...
Ahead of the Philippines’ National Press Freedom Day, a coalition of international and local press freedom organizations is urging President Ferdinand"Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to immediately and unconditionally release community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. Detained...
Altermidya – People’s Alternative Media Network condemns in the strongest terms the killing of Anas al-Sharif, a respected Gaza correspondent of Al Jazeera, along with four other remaining Al Jazeera journalists still covering inside the besieged territory. Anas was...
Altermidya Network strongly condemns the complete disabling of our member publication Bulatlat.com’s Instagram account by Meta on August 8, 2025. This unilateral move, which Meta did without explanation, recourse, or transparency, is outright censorship. It denies the...
Ni JHONA REYES VITOR at RENALYN RAMIREZAltermidya Hinaras ng mga militar ang mga katutubong Dumagat-Remontado na lumahok sa protesta sa SONA noong Hulyo 28 sa Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City. Nakararanas ang mga katutubo ng paniniktik ng 80th Infantry Battalion...
Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been held in pre-trial detention since February 2020 for "illegal possession of firearms" and "financing terrorism" charges based on fabricated evidence, as revealed by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) last week. As these...
While investigating the elements that led to the arrest—now lasting over five years—of Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) discovered a file riddled with inconsistencies—so numerous that it's difficult to understand how such...
by Tracy Ramos Altermidya has filed a formal complaint Wednesday, July 16, with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) regarding alleged mistreatment of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), including political prisoners Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Marielle...
The Altermidya Network condemns the reported abuses committed under the watch of Tacloban City Jail warden Jail Inspector Eva E. Naputo, and Chief Unit Intelligence Officer SI01 Dalmacio C. Canayong Jr. against Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs), including the...