AlterMidya

Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s message on National Press Freedom Day

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...

Kaunlaran sa ‘Tuwid na Daan’?

Kaunlaran sa ‘Tuwid na Daan’?

Sa ilalim ng administrasyong Aquino, lumaki ang net worth ng pinakamayayamang pamilya sa Pilipinas. Habang ang ordinaryong manggagawa, 4% lamang ang itinaas sa sahod. Ito ba ang "Daang Matuwid"? #SONA2015 #SONATuwidBa

Raid on Lumad sanctuary highlights unresolved militarization

Raid on Lumad sanctuary highlights unresolved militarization

A police raid on a church compound in Davao City, where some 700 Lumads have sought refuge several months now, highlighted the unresolved issue of militarization and exposed how a congresswoman aids military forces. This video by Kilab Multimedia shows the violent...

Itanong Mo Kay Prof by Kodao Productions

Itanong Mo Kay Prof by Kodao Productions

A podcast series that asks Prof. Jose Maria Sison on his views on current Philippines issues. Sison is a Filipino socio-political analyst and chairperson of the International League of People's Struggles who is currently exiled in the Netherlands.

Radyo Natin Guimba

Radyo Natin Guimba

Radyo Natin-Guimba aims to serve as a channel for truthful and developmental broadcasting that would serve to inform, unite and move community people, individually or collectively towards community development. With a 500-watt transmitter, RNG is audible within 20...

Alarm raised on death threats, harassment of activists

Alarm raised on death threats, harassment of activists

Last week, a veteran union leader of government employees, Tonette Setias-Dizon, was forced to seek protection at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, fearing for her life after being tailed by suspicious men. Setias-Dizon’s case, detailed in a report by Pinoy...

Parago killing a military victory or a cowardly act?

Parago killing a military victory or a cowardly act?

The Armed Forces of the Philippines' declaration of a victory in the killing of New People’s Army commander Leoncio “Kumander Parago” Pitao and his medical aide Vanessa Limpag last June 28, is marred by the probability of an international humanitarian law violation....

Organize, organize!

Organize, organize!

[Statement on GMA7’s massive retrenchment] Altermidya, the national network of alternative media organizations and practitioners, stands in solidarity with our colleagues in the GMA-7 regional stations who have recently been laid off. The mass retrenchment of...

An attack on the rights of journalists and press freedom

An attack on the rights of journalists and press freedom

The obsolete, repressive law on libel is one of the instruments of oppressors to attack the freedom of speech and expression and press freedom. Since 1986, more than 180 journalists have been killed and more still suffer from oppressive libel charges. Just recently in...

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