KABATAAN, HANDA NA TAYO!

With the national elections merely six months away, we are all called upon to rise up to the challenge of contributing to genuine social change in our country.
Kabataan Partylist, the first and only youth representative in Congress, is a large network of energized and pro-active young people who are leaders in various organizations, formations and [...]

Statement of the Iloilo chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) on the incident involving photojournalist Tara Yap

By the Executive Committee, NUJP-Iloilo
October 20, 2009

The recent incident involving Iloilo photojournalist Tara Yap of The Daily Guardian has raised issues about press freedom and ethics which the Iloilo chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) would like to address and respond to through this statement.

Exercising the freedom of the Press [...]

A MANIFESTO BY MASBATE JOURNALISTS

That journalism is a dangerous and high risk venture in the country is true, as has been proven by the long list of media workers murdered for doing their jobs.
We, journalists in the Province of Masbate, have experienced the same terrors sown by onion-skinned individuals, public officials – career or elective – and those who [...]

NUJP calls for justice on anniversary of Roxas’ murder

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines pays honor to the memory murdered Capiz broadcaster Martin Roxas on the first anniversary of his death August 7.
Roxas, an officer of our Capiz chapter, was the first member of the NUJP to suffer the ultimate form of censorship that has claimed the lives of more than [...]

NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES (23rd Founding Anniversary)

NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES

Dear friends and colleagues,

On Friday, July 31, the NUJP will be celebrating its 23rd founding anniversary.

The past years have been challenging, to say the least, for the independent Philippine press as more and more colleagues have been murdered in a climate of impunity nurtured [...]