The Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) is banking on the Regional Trial Court’s exercise of judicial independence for a favorable judgment on the motion for a new trial of their secretary general Sarah Dekdeken for the cyberlibel conviction.
The court ruling amplifies the climate of impunity already reigning in Philippine society.
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...
After two years, the local court junked the cyber libel case filed against Northern Dispatch Editor-in-chief Kimberlie Ngabit-Quitasol and reporter Khim Abalos due insufficient evidence.
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...
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...
THE CASE filed by a barangay chair in Nueva Ecija against a local community radio station over an alleged violation of Republic Act 11469 or the “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act” has been dismissed due to lack of evidence. Rolanda Domingo, chair of Barangay Manacsac in...
Libel has always been a tool of government officials and influential individuals to stifle freedom of expression and silence critical media organizations.
STATEMENT ALTERMIDYA NETWORK condemns the brazen assault on press freedom against local community radio Radyo Natin Guimba (RNG) in Nueva Ecija, which faces charges of cyberlibel and alleged violations of the Bayanihan Act. The mayor’s charges against RNG, filed in...
We in the alternative media community stand in solidarity with journalist Maria Ressa and news outfit Rappler as the Manila Regional Trial Court hands down on June 15 its decision on the cyberlibel case filed against them over a 2012 story involving businessman...