The international coalition of press freedom NGOs welcomes thedecision of the Laoang Regional Trial Court Branch 21 to grant the motion to quash thebaseless murder charge filed against community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. Thisruling marks a significant step forward after years of...
The Altermidya Network strongly denounces the continued harassment against community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio of the Tacloban-based outfit Eastern Vista. Amid reports of an impending police raid of a progressive group’s office in Tacloban — similar to the Negros...
Altermidya Network, a broad formation of alternative media outfits and community journalists in the Philippines, condemns in the highest possible terms the recent red-tagging and intimidation committed by regional state forces to our colleague Sherwin De Vera of...
National alternative media group Altermidya strongly denounces the intimidation and arrest of Davao-based reporter Glenn Jester Hitgano of Radyo ni Juan. Hitgano was interviewing protesting workers from banana company Philippine Dream Farm Dev’t in Carmen, Davao del...
Altermidya, the nationwide network of independent and progressive media outfits, stands in full support with the call of thousands of media workers, actors, directors, and employees of ABS-CBN for the renewal of the franchise of the broadcast network, which is set to...
STATEMENT OF ALTERMIDYA NETWORK ON THE AMPATUAN MASSACRE VERDICT The conviction of members of the Ampatuan clan is an initial victory of the families and of the people who have joined their long journey for justice. We hail the courage and determination of families,...
IT HAS BEEN A DARK DECADE of injustice for families and loved ones of the victims of the Ampatuan massacre, which killed 58 individuals, 32 of them journalists. A decade of unbearable grief and pain, as they watch the masterminds of the world’s single deadliest attack...
Altermidya Network condemns the surveillance conducted by suspected state security forces against Philippine Collegian, student publication of University of the Philippines Diliman. At around 9:30 p.m. yesterday, November 16, a certain Wilfredo Manapat tried to break...
Altermidya expresses alarm at the information that the Philippine National Police is planning to serve a warrant of arrest to someone supposedly within the premises of IBON Building in Timog Ave., Quezon City where we, and several other local and international NGOs...
Today, Nov. 2, is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, and the Altermidya Network calls on the Duterte administration to immediately release Negros-based community journalist Anne Krueger, who was unlawfully arrested with 56 others in...
Raid led by police, SWAT & CIDG on the office of Gabriela in Bacolod City. Photo taken by community journalist Anne Krueger before she was arrested with 61 others in simultaneous raids on October 31. Altermidya condemns in strongest terms the arrest of our...
Alternative media outfits demand accountability over the sustained and systematic cyber attacks launched against them for over three months. On March 29, Altermidya, Bulatlat, Kodao Productions and Pinoy Weekly filed a civil case against two companies found to be the...
Itinuturing namin ang nabalitang pagsunog sa daan-daang kopya ng Pinoy Weekly na nakalagak sa subscriber naming komunidad ng mga maralitang nag-okupa ng tiwangwang na pampublikong housing project sa Pandi, Bulacan bilang lantarang atake sa karapatan sa pamamahayag....