FIRST PERSON: Dalaw sa Tacloban City Jail
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.
Opinion
#FactsFirstPH: Join the call to stop cyber attacks vs news websites
#FactsFirstPH, an initiative comprising of more than 100 groups in the Philippines, pushes back against efforts to take down and disrupt news websites
JOINT STATEMENT: Stop the cyber attacks!
Over the past few months, several news sites have been subjected to cyber attacks. According to a February 7 article in the Manila Bulletin, the websites of CNN Philippines, Rappler and Philstar.com have been attacked, purportedly by a group calling itself Pinoy...
Controlling the media narrative
When asked their views on media and press freedom as well as free expression, politicians of the Philippine variety will swear to high heaven their respect for both. But the most clueless among them about what both freedoms mean and what they consist of will do their...
Two years in jail, another case filed: Drop all charges against Frenchie Mae Cumpio
Today, February 7, is community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s second year in jail. In the middle of her unjust and prolonged detention in Tacloban, another trumped-up case was filed against our colleague in another trial court.F
Altermidya denounces shooting of journalists in Bulacan
Altermidya Network condemns the shooting of journalist Manuel Garcellano of alternative media outfit Umani Productions.
DDoS attacks: A menace to the people’s right to know
THE NEW WAVE of cyberattacks against media outfits Vera Files, Rappler, and ABS-CBN seems to be a preview of heightened attacks against journalists as the 2022 national elections near. As part of the media community that continues to weather distributed denial of...
‘Huling pasko mo na’: Altermidya denounces online threat vs news staff
We in the Altermidya Network condemn the online harassment against our news reporter and secretariat member, which we believe is another case of intimidation on the independent media.
Time to decriminalize libel
The Altermidya Network expresses solidarity with colleagues in the mainstream media who are facing cyberlibel complaints filed by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and known Duterte ally and businessman Dennis Uy. These complaints, all filed simultaneously involving seven...
Philippine Media Statement on Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize
As Filipino journalists, we are concerned about the fragile state of press freedom in our country, especially as the 2022 elections draw near.
Joint statement by Bulatlat and Altermidya: Hold the Philippine Army accountable for cyberattacks against PH media websites
After waiting for months, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-PH) under the Department of Information and Communications Technology gave us a copy of its initial findings confirming that the source of the cyberattacks on our websites originated from an IP...
Strike three for the U.S.
LAST week’s chaos at Afghanistan’s Kabul Airport was somewhat reminiscent of the scene in the former South Vietnamese capital of Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) when US troops pulled out in 1975 as the guerrillas of the National Liberation Front (NLF), which the US had derisively labelled the “Vietcong,” took control of the city.
Pagpupugay kay Luis sa kanyang landmark na ika-80 kaarawan
Para sa akin, si Luis ang pinaka-beterano, sa yaman ng naisulat, sa journalism sa kasalukuyan na ang kanyang panulat at opinyon ay nananatiling pinakamatalas at makabuluhan dahil may yaman ng insights na nakaangkla sa kanyang yaman ng karanasan at kaalaman.