At 5:45 am, Monday, broadcaster Elgin Damasco of Radio Mindanao Network’s DxDC in Davao City received a text message from sender 0905-507-5929 that read: “Ka Damasco, mula ng kayong 3 ay naging spokesman ng NPA, matagumpay kayong nanalo sa propaganda laban sa AFP, dahil dyan may reward kayong 3 (Ka Damasco, since the three of [...]
Bloody milestone
NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES
Statement
March 11, 2009
Reference: Nonoy Espina, vice chair
February 23, 2009 should be remembered as a milestone, albeit not a happy one, in the recent history of the Philippine press.
On that day, Ernesto Rollin of Oroquieta City became the 100th journalist to be killed in the Philippines since 1986, when we [...]
NUJP Condemns Attack on Radioman Labares
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) condemns
the attack on Cagayan de Oro broadcaster Nilo Labares of Radio
Mindanao Network’s station dxCC who was shot and seriously wounded the evening of March 5, 2009.
Colleagues describe Labares as a hard-hitting commentator who was
active in denouncing illegal activities such as cockfights and unlicensed entertainment joints in [...]
NUJP Statement on the Deferment of the Libel Bill Passage
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines takes cognizance
of Speaker Prospero Nograles’ deferment of the passage on third
reading of House Bill 5760 because the measure, which is supposed to
consolidate several bills that seek to decriminalize libel, veered
away from the original intent.
We also express our appreciation for the withdrawal of authorship from
HB 5760 of party-list [...]
Appellate court denies presidential spouse’s bid to stop class suit
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Court of Appeals (CA) in Manila denied for “lack of merit” the motion for reconsideration presidential spouse Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo had filed to stop the hearing of the class suit filed by 36 journalists and three media organizations against him.
On 24 February 2009, the CA’s former Seventh Division affirmed its 22 [...]
