Altermidya raises concern over the proposed “Anti-Fake News and Digital Disinformation Act” or House Bill (HB) 2697, sponsored by presidential son Rep. Alexander “Sandro” Marcos, and backed by House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III. We believe that it is a dangerous measure that potentially...
Importanteng malaya tayong nakapagpapahayag, laluna sa panahon ng pandemya. Pero paano kung ang free expression, naka-lockdown din?
Budget pantugon para sa #COVID19, nasaan na?
STATEMENT Information is of utmost importance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reporting the people’s grievances and demands is the solemn duty of the media; it is not a crime. The Guimba municipal council's Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 52 s.2020 last May 11...
Pandigma o pandemya: Saan ba dapat inilalaan ang pondo ng bayan?
JOINT STATEMENT (with updated signatures as of 9pm, May 16) Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr. of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) issued a statement Monday night claiming that “the ABS-CBN issue is about CPP [Communist Party of the...
Artists, groups join journalists in 'Black Friday Protests' vs. ABS-CBN Shutdown Like the previous Black Friday protests for press freedom that started last year, journalists, artists, and different groups came together to denounce the National Telecommunications...
STATEMENT WHILE THE DUTERTE REGIME is failing to flatten the curve of the coronavirus' spread, it is accelerating the curve of another mounting pandemic afflicting the nation – the pandemic of impunity. State forces are relentlessly pursuing attacks against the...
STATEMENT The National Telecommunications Commission’s order to shutdown broadcast network ABS-CBN is unconstitutional and an assault to the people’s right to information. The order is contrary to the recommendation of Congress to issue a provisional license for the...
STATEMENT A turn for the worse – this best describes how the fundamental freedoms of speech, expression, and of the press have been abridged in the past months, with the attacks against press freedom escalating amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, May 3, as the world...
STATEMENT The Altermidya Network, together with independent journalists nationwide, demands the immediate release of seven Altermidya correspondents in Panay arrested on May 1. Our colleagues from Dampig Katarungan, Panay Today, and Panaysayon— all member outfits of...
Ngayong linggo, ang mga balita’t pananaw mula sa Altermidya Network: - Mala-martial law na tugon sa #COVID19, tinutulan- Sa Panay, pagkalampag at pagtutulungan, isinagawa ng iba’t ibang grupo- Stranded workers dahil sa...
STATEMENT Bulacan police apprehended six volunteers of Tulong Anakpawis-Sagip Kanayunan, along with former Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao, who were on the way to a relief drive in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The manner that the police presented the circumstances of the arrest...