We demand the National Telecommunications Commission to immediately heed the recommendation of the UN Special Rapporteur and revoke the memorandum dated June 8, 2022, at the behest of former National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., to block 27 websites of progressive organizations and alternative media.
This is exactly what we mean by red-tagging: a senior government official linking civilians to alleged communist groups without proof.
Amid growing calls from sugar stakeholders to narrow the gap between the millgate and retail prices of sugar, Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura urged concerned government agencies to consider the welfare of the most vulnerable sector affected by the raging sugar crisis—sugar workers and small planters.
We call on fellow practitioners, rights defenders, believers of free speech and democracy advocates worldwide to link arms and demand the Philippine government unblock the Pinoy Weekly website and the 27 other sites named in its orders.
Altermidya expresses grave concern over the House of Representatives’ (HOR) blacklisting of at least 50 individuals including sectoral leaders and activists, a journalism professor, campus journalists, and media liaison officers of national student organizations, among others. A memo dated March 18, 2015 with the subject “Blacklisted/Banned Persons to the House of Representatives” issued by the […]
We join photojournalists, photographers, videographers, filmmakers, and ordinary citizens who are appalled at the House of Representatives’ passage on second reading of House Bill 4807 or the Protection Against Personal Intrusion Act, also called as the “Anti-Selfie Act.” Ludicrous as the moniker, or popular name, of the said bill may sound, it is actually an […]
