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 worsening conflict in Palestine’s Gaza amid Israel’s unrelenting offensives indicates a humanitarian crisis of global concern.
Altermidya stands in full solidarity with journalist Atom Araullo on his firm stand against enemies of press freedom and other human rights violations. Today, our colleague filed a P2-million civil suit against notorious red-taggers Lorraine Badoy-Partosa and Jeffrey...
One year into the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the state of free expression has not improved. In fact, it has further deteriorated in the Philippines. President Marcos Jr. pledged to uphold press freedom. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines,...
The repercussions of the Duterte administration’s attacks against press freedom and the people’s right to know continue to be felt until today.
Altermidya welcomes the news that three accessories to the murder of broadcaster Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa last year had been convicted yesterday, June 23.
The alternative media community remains steadfast in its call to junk the blocking order as it brazenly restricts press freedom and constitutes an overreach that impedes the people’s right to know.
Altermidya Network denounces the unconstitutional, undemocratic, and dangerous resolution released by the Kalinga Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC).
This 30th World Press Freedom Day, the struggle for a genuinely free press in the Philippines persists as community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio remains unjustly detained in Tacloban City.
Dean Luis was and is a pillar of Philippine journalism, credited with advancing the ideals of pro-people journalism both as a respected member of the academe and through the alternative media that he helped to organize in the Philippines.
Joint Statement For the past three years, community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been detained over trumped-up charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives and terrorist financing. Frenchie Mae is part of the ‘Tacloban 5’ human rights defenders who...
After our triumph against the rebellion and libel charges filed against our editorial board members, state authorities are now after our Ilocos correspondent Niño Joseph Oconer.
We at Altermidya Network call on the courts both in Manila and Tacloban to see the light of truth and give justice to the case of Frenchie, Mariel, and the rest of the ‘Tacloban 5.’