News Articles on {?keyword?} | ABS-CBN News

1 month since Apple Daily shut, concern over H.K. free press lingers

Caroline Tam, Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 25 07:59 AM

Saturday marked one month since Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily ceased operations after 26 years in circulation, with lingering concerns about the future of press freedom in the territory. Read more »

Duterte among world's 'press freedom predators': watchdog

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 01:14 PM

For waging a "total war" against independent media, President Rodrigo Duterte has been included in a global watchdog's 2021 list of "press freedom predators." Read more »

Southeast Asian journalists nagkaisa sa pagdiriwang ng World Press Freedom day

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 10:49 PM

MAYNILA - Nagkaisa ang ilang mamamahayag sa sa panawagang protektahan ang kalayaan sa pamamahayag sa selebrasyon ng World Press Freedom Day. Read more »

Philippines drops further in global press freedom rankings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 04:00 AM

As the world observes Press Freedom Day, President Duterte insists his administration is committed to protecting the rights of journalists.  Read more »

Duterte says gov't to remain committed in promoting press freedom

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 03 12:11 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte marked Monday's World Press Freedom Day by saying his administration would protect the media, even as killings and red-tagging of members of the industry remained rampant.  Read more »

Foreign journalists in China see 'rapid decline in media freedom' - survey

Reuters
Posted at Mar 01 02:09 PM

China used coronavirus prevention measures, intimidation and visa curbs to limit foreign reporting in 2020, ushering in a "rapid decline in media freedom," the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China said Monday. Read more »

Advocates bike for press freedom

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 08 08:58 AM

Bikers pedal in front of the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City during the “Bike for Press Freedom” solidarity ride from UP-Diliman to Don Alejandro Roces Circle, going to the Commission on Human Rights, on Sunday. Read more »

Bike for Press Freedom, isinagawa

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 08 09:19 AM

Nagsagawa ng 'bike for press freedom' mula University of the Philippines hanggang ABS-CBN sa lungsod Quezon ang mga grupo ng mamahayag ngayong Linggo. Read more »

US may deny entry to foreign ofcl's who oppress journalists in spending law OK'd by Trump

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 10:38 PM

An explanatory statement for the law from the U.S. House of Representatives stated that "The Secretary of State shall apply subsection (c) to foreign government officials involved in threatening, wrongfully imprisoning, or otherwise depriving of liberty independent journalists who speak out or publish about official corruption or other abuses, including Maria Ressa in the Philippines and El Faro in El Salvador." Read more »

UNESCO heeds appeal, tags Ampatuan massacre case as 'ongoing/unresolved' despite court verdict

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 07:45 PM

MANILA - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) heeded the appeal of stakeholders to reclassify its earlier assessment of the Ampatuan Massacre.  Read more »

Mga mambabatas sa Europa ipinababalik ang prangkisa ng ABS-CBN

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 07:49 PM

Hinimok ng mga mambabatas sa Europa ang gobyerno ng Pilipinas na ibalik ang prangkisa ng ABS-CBN. Read more »

US says China 'afraid' of free media after new restrictions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 09 03:02 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday accused China of fearing a free media as it denounced Beijing's new restrictions on the international press.   Read more »

ABS-CBN shutdown also has 'chilling effect' on creative writers: screenwriter

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 08:58 AM

The shutdown of ABS-CBN also has a chilling effect on creative writers, a former official of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) said Wednesday following his resignation from government. Read more »

READ: Journalists, news groups issue statements supporting ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 04:42 PM

The House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Franchise' denial of ABS-CBN is yet another assault on press freedom in the country. Read more »

Drilon: ABS-CBN franchise denied for 'stepping on some powerful political toes'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 05:48 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday said ABS-CBN did not secure a franchise because it "stepped on some powerful political toes." Read more »

Government should not meddle in news content, business: Sotto

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 08 05:06 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday said the government should not meddle with businesses, including the content of news and current affairs. Read more »

Locsin asks Sotto to decriminalize libel; Sotto says lying found in the 10 Commandments

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 04:29 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday asked Senate President Vicente Sotto III to decriminalize libel. Read more »

Kampo ni Wilfredo Keng iginiit na 'nakiusap' sila sa Rappler para 'itama' ang istorya

Niko Baua, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 07:28 PM

Iginiit ng kampo ni Wilfredo Keng, ang negosyanteng nagsampa ng cyber libel case laban kay Maria Ressa, na nagmakaawa siya sa Rappler upang itama ang umano'y mapanirang artikulo laban sa kaniya noong 2012 pero hindi ito nirespondehan ng news website. Read more »

Iba't ibang grupo naalarma sa hatol ng korte laban kay Maria Ressa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 10:47 PM

Inilarawan ng press freedom advocates at iba pang mga grupo bilang "devastating blow" o kagimbal-gimbal na pag-atake sa malayang pamamahayag ang naging hatol laban sa journalist at Rappler CEO Maria Ressa at dating manunulat nito sa kasong cyber libel.  Read more »

‘Why must they suffer?’: Press freedom advocates mark 1 month since ABS-CBN shutdown

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 09:15 PM

Press freedoms advocates gathered outside the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center Friday to mark first month since the network was taken off the airwaves by state regulators over an expired franchise.  Read more »