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...
The Philippine experience with elections should have taught everyone by now that voter education is crucial to the present and future of this country.
It is exactly a year after a cease-and-desist order, and later the vote of 70 legislators, forced the largest, most watched and heard broadcast network off the air. The shutdown of ABS-CBN is the most highlighted attack on press freedom under Pres. Duterte — a...
As the world commemorates World Press Freedom Day, the media community and freedom-loving Filipinos grieve the rapidly shrinking space for free expression and press freedom.
Court hearings for the case of Tacloban-based journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio resumed this week with the prosecution presenting more witnesses against our colleague. Many of these witnesses are reportedly the same police officers involved in Frenchie Mae's arrest. They...
We express deep concern on the malicious tarpaulins that featured Mandaluyong RTC Judge Monique Quisumbing-Ignacio, which were seen on at least two pedestrian bridges along Edsa. The effort is apparently aimed at harassing the judge for issuing a favorable resolution...
We in the Altermidya Network welcome the decision of Judge Monique Quisumbing-Ignacio of the Mandaluyong Regional Trial Court to grant the motion to release Manila Today editor Lady Ann Salem and trade unionist Rodrigo Esparago. Judge Ignacio dismissed the charges of...
THE ALTERMIDYA NETWORK condemns the Cordillera Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (RLECC) for passing a resolution recommending a “Tokhang-style” tactic against individuals, including journalists, who are known "Left-leaning personalities". This...
While we in the Altermidya Network hail the order of Mandaluyong Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 209 Judge Monique Quisumbing-Ignacio dismissing the charges of illegal possession of firearms & explosives against our colleague Lady Ann Salem and labor union...
Today, it is exactly a month since journalist Lady Ann Salem of Manila Today, along with six trade unionists, was abducted and detained by the Philippine National Police on Human Rights Day, December 10. The past weeks have been filled with outrage as state forces...
TWO JOURNALISTS ARRESTS in 2020, ten months apart: One was in February, a few weeks before the pandemic fully enveloped the country, while the most recent one was in December, ironically coinciding with the observance of the International Human Rights Day. Frenchie...
We demand the PNP to release Lady Ann! The alternative media has faced continuous repression under this administration, and we will not allow another journalist to be attacked. We urge our fellow journalists and human rights defenders to join in our call to free Lady Ann.
ONCE AGAIN, state forces led the hostile red-baiting of independent media at the December 1 Senate hearing, as they presented the Altermidya Network and its members nationwide as so-called communist fronts. The red-tagging of Altermidya journalists, online and...