The Altermidya Network condemns the attacks on community journalists covering the farmers’ protest at the Department of Agrarian Reform earlier today, October 19. Quezon City police attempted to nab Bulatlat reporter Aaron Ernest Cruz while the protest was ongoing, even as Cruz identified...
The Altermidya Network reiterates its urgent call for the immediate release of Frenchie Mae Cumpio, a community journalist and member of our network, who has been unjustly detained for over four years on baseless and politically motivated charges. Her case,...
Tacloban, 16 June 2025 – A coalition of press freedom organisations, composed of AlterMidya, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Free Press Unlimited (FPU), the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), and Reporters Without Borders (RSF),...
The Altermidya Network strongly denounces the sanctions imposed by the European Union Council against the red. media and its founder Hüseyin Doğru, following their coverage of Palestinian solidarity protests in Germany. We believe this a conscious act by the Council...
By TONYO CRUZBulatlat.com Duterte Youth chair Ronald Cardema, his wife and former Rep. Ducielle Marie Doctor Suarez Cardema, and his sister-in-law and incumbent Rep. Drixie Mae Doctor Suarez “Cardema” should face multiple charges of material misrepresentation, lying...
The Altermidya Network expresses its dismay at the Commission on Elections (Comelec), particularly its local offices, for enforcing unauthorized restrictions on duly accredited journalists during the 2025 midterm elections.This is a clear affront to press freedom and...
As the 2025 midterm elections draw near, we, journalists, media workers, and advocates of free speech, free press, and free expression, reiterate the role of an independent media in a democracy and the need for a media electoral agenda. While the 1987 Constitution...
The pursuit of justice and accountability cannot stop with ex-Philippine president's arrest. By BEH LIH YICommunity to Protect Journalists First published on Nikkei Asia on April 9, 2025 Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is now in The Hague awaiting his next...
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...
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...