On February 7, Frenchie Mae Cumpio, a community journalist from Leyte, marks her sixth year in detention—an incarceration that rights and media groups strongly believe stems from her work as a journalist. As a radio broadcaster, Frenchie reported on the lives of farmers, urban poor communities,...
We at the Altermidya Network stand behind our member, filmmaker JL Burgos, and the Burgos family in their fight against censorship and other state-sponsored attacks on free expression. This is after the Movie Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB)...
By Raymund Villanueva Journalism in the Philippines (and in much of the world) is often criticized for being the voice of the status quo—deservedly so for the most part. A review of today’s commercial television and radio’s primetime news show that programs allocate...
On February 5, 2024, leaders of people’s organizations and the editors-in-chief of two alternative news media organizations wrote the National Telecommunications Commission urging it to rescind its order to block access in the Philippines to 27 websites. The call was...
As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict enters its eighth month, the media and the flow of accurate information about the war have been severely impacted. The decision to close Al Jazeera's office in Tel Aviv amid the escalating conflict in Gaza has only made this...
The world celebrates press freedom today with a spotlight on the crucial role of the media in covering the environmental crisis. Indeed, the task of journalists to provide timely and accurate information on the environment, and to hold governments and corporations...
The Altermidya Network expresses alarm over the recent spate of attacks against community journalists in the Bicol region. These incidents undermine the crucial role of journalists in providing information and threaten their fundamental right to free expression. Vince...
Altermidya Network, the broadest network of alternative media outfits and community journalists in the Philippines, welcomed United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) Irene Khan’s initial report during her press briefing today where she stated that based on her...
Altermidya Network applauds the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression for visiting detained community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, as well as church worker Marielle Domequil and human rights defender Alexander Abinguna in Tacloban City Jail on...
United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on freedom of expression and opinion Irene Khan's first day in the Philippines yesterday, January 23, Tuesday, ended with separate meetings with various media groups and another with the Presidential Task Force on Media...
MANILA – Bearing handbells, media groups led by Altermidya Network trooped to the Department of Justice in Manila on Tuesday, January 23, to call for the immediate release of detained community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. The protest was in time for Frenchie Mae’s...
Community media group AlterMidya Network challenges the Philippine government to disclose the country’s real record on free expression as it prepares for the upcoming visit of UN envoy Irene Khan. The group is reacting to the statement of the Department of Foreign...
Altermidya takes strong exception to Undersecretary Paul Gutierrez’s accusation and red-tagging of our member, Ms. Frenchie Mae Cumpio. In his January 4 “Paul’s Alarm” column on JournalnewsOnline, the Presidential Task Force On Media Security (PTFOMS) executive...