Altermidya - People’s Alternative Media Network opposes legislative proposals to regulate social media content in the name of combating fake news and disinformation. While disinformation is a pressing issue, government regulation of expression is more often wielded against critics, journalists,...
March 24, 2025 - A coalition of international and local press freedom organisations call for the immediate and unconditional release of Philippine community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who has been held in detention for more than five years, as she wrapped up her...
Ni RAYMUND VILLANUEVAKodao Productions Maraming salamat sa imbitasyon sa akin bilang tagapagsalita at sa Altermidya bilang media partner ng Peryodiskusyon 2025. Binabati ko kayo sa pagpili ng isang napapanahong usapin bilang tema ng inyong aktibidad. Ipagpalagay...
Today, February 7, marks the fifth year of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s detention under the trumped-up charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives and terrorist financing. It has been five long years since the Gestapo-like raids were conducted in...
Altermidya Network strongly condemns the baseless terrorism financing complaint filed against Deo Montesclaros, a multimedia reporter for Pinoy Weekly and former correspondent of The Northern Dispatch. These false accusations are part of the state’s ongoing...
In her second time taking the witness stand on January 13, 2025, journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio will refute charges of ‘terrorism financing’ against her and lay worker Marielle Domequil. The case is but another trumped-up charge compounded on the illegal possession of...
As we mark the 15th year since the brutal Ampatuan Massacre, widely regarded as the worst case of election-related violence and the worst attack on media workers in Philippine history, we continue our fight for justice. Justice because convictions in the case came a...
The Altermidya Network reiterates the call to dismiss the charges against our colleague Frenchie Mae Cumpio and the rest of 'Tacloban 5' as the community journalist took the stand for the first time in almost five years on Nov. 11. In yesterday's hearing,...
Nananawagan kami para sa kagyat na pagpapalaya ng kapwa mamamahayag na si Frenchie Mae Cumpio, isang community journalist at Executive Director ng Eastern Vista, kasapi ng Altermidya Network at ng International Association of Women in Radio and Television-Philippines....
As we observe the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on Nov. 6 and 7, we are reminded of the unyielding courage and sacrifice of journalists who face threats, harassment, and even death for uncovering the truth. This annual...
On October 10, 2014, a meeting of independent, alternative media outfits and progressive institutions and individuals gave birth to Altermidya - People’s Alternative Media Network. The aim was to unify alternative newsrooms scattered throughout the country and...
Altermidya Network denounces the relentless killing of journalists amid US-supported Israel's war on Gaza. A year later, at least 128 journalists were killed, the majority of whom were Palestinians. Alongside them were a significant number of journalists that were...
Minabuti ko nang sumama sa dalaw sa loob ng jail. Ang hirap kasing dumalaw do’n kung ibang araw; ang daming butas na kailangang pasukan. Biruin mo ‘yon, hindi na nga dapat nakakulong, ang hirap pang dalawin.