Archive for June, 2010
ALERT: 3rd journalist killed in six days
A reporter of the local weekly Kastigador and known critique of Davao del Sur Governor Douglas Cagas was shot six times at past 7 p.m. on June 20 while buying cigarette at a variety store in Digos City, Davao del Sur. A lone gunman shot to death Nestor Bedolido, the third journalist to be killed [...]
Statement on the murder of Davao broadcaster Desidario Camangyan
The murder of Davao Oriental broadcaster Desidario “Jessie” Camangyan on June 14 is a brazen declaration by the enemies of press freedom of their confidence that a mere changing of the guard in this country will not end the impunity with which they have imposed the ultimate censorship on more than a hundred journalists and [...]
NUJP condemns Talisay mayor harassment of ABS-CBN reporter and cameraman
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is appalled that, at a time when full access to information can spell the difference between life and death, the mayor of Talisay town in Batangas, in a display of pettiness, barred a television news team from covering a meeting of the Municipal Disaster Coordinating Council (MDCC). [...]
STATEMENT: Betrayal of Democracy
The Filipino people should remember well the leadership of the House of Representatives of the 14th Congress who betrayed their mandate and democracy by killing the Freedom of Information bill. The travesty in the House session hall on June 4, 2010 was clear proof that outgoing Speaker Prospero Nograles had never had any intention of [...]
