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 Casilihan, anchor of...
The red-tagging must stop. The red-taggers must be held into account.
In our newsroom, the coffee she brews is as strong as her resolve to fight for a free press.
The Altermidya - People's Alternative Media Network condemns the brutal slaying of radio broadcaster and columnist Percy Mabasa, or known as Percy Lapid. Lapid was known to be critical of the presidential terms of Rodrigo Duterte and Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr....
The Philippines observes its first National Press Freedom Day today, August 30, 2022, after former president Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act No. 11699 on April 13. The date marks the birth anniversary of Filipino propagandist Marcelo H. del Pilar,...
The Altermidya Network expresses support to our member-outfit Bulatlat in filing a petition today, July 8, to nullify the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) order blocking its news sites along with Pinoy Weekly, Arkibong Bayan, and 25 other websites.
We in the alternative media community stand in defiance with Rappler and denounce the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) order to shut down the online media outfit.
We in the Altermidya Network demand the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to reverse its order blocking the news sites of two of our member outfits, Bulatlat and Pinoy Weekly. The order for Internet service providers to block readers’ access to the websites...
The mass arrest of over 90 farmers, advocates, and members of the media in Hacienda Tinang, Concepcion, Tarlac last week has caught the Philippine National Police (PNP) in a tight bind, with authorities now scrambling to defend their unjustifiable acts. This is...
Altermidya Network welcomes the dismissal of the cyberlibel case against Northern Dispatch journalists Kimberlie Quitasol and Khim Russel Abalos. While we share the triumph of our colleagues over the apparent intimidation of state forces on community journalists, we...
We in the Altermidya-People's Alternative Media Network express solidarity with colleagues in Rappler and other individuals who are facing cyber libel complaints in connection with a series of investigative reports into Pastor Apollo Quiboloy of the Kingdom of Jesus...
#FactsFirstPH, an initiative comprising of more than 100 groups in the Philippines, pushes back against efforts to take down and disrupt news websites
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...