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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 »

READ: California official appeals to Duterte, House to allow ABS-CBN to resume broadcast

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 10:54 AM

A county supervisor from San Mateo, California - which has a large Filipino-American population - wrote a letter urging President Rodrigo Duterte and the House of Representatives to issue a fresh 25-year franchise for ABS-CBN, the Philippines' largest broadcasting company. Read more »

READ: Alliance for Journalists' Freedom letter of support for ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 09:46 AM

The closure of ABS-CBN makes the Philippines a less healthy society, and also undermines the ability of the region and the world to respond to this crisis.  Read more »

READ: Statement of University of the Philippines Baguio on ABS-CBN broadcast closure

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 10 11:10 PM

Social justice is evinced by a free press. The University of the Philippines Baguio stands for democracy and press freedom for an enlightened society. Read more »

READ: Statement of Women Writers in Media Now on ABS-CBN broadcast shutdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 09:11 PM

We condemn before the world any suppression of media freedom and all despotic attacks on media institutions and journalists. The iron hand will not kill truth and freedom of expression. Read more »

READ: Statement of the UP Diliman Executive Committee on the ABS-CBN shutdown

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 09 07:24 PM

We cannot stress how important and critical a role mass media plays during this time of crisis. As COVID-19 spreads and worsens at the national and global scale, it is wrong to silence a vital channel of information such as ABS-CBN, which has become, after years of public service, a significant pillar of the media establishment. Read more »

READ: Statement of International Commission of Jurists on ABS-CBN closure

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 10:48 PM

The NTC’s basis for issuing the order is that ABS CBN’s legislative franchise has expired on 4 May 2020 and action has yet to be taken on its renewal by the House of Representatives. The ICJ fears that the reasons for this delay may be politically motivated. Read more »

READ: Statement of the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines on ABS-CBN broadcast closure

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 10:47 PM

This was a death of a media icon that everyone anticipated from day one of President Duterte’s election as President when he accused the television station of unfair election coverage. Thus, when the renewal of the station’s franchise was raised in 2018, the probability of the station staying afloat was diminished and the franchise renewal became its Achilles heel. Read more »

READ: The Bedan's statement on NTC closure order vs ABS-CBN broadcast

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 10:45 PM

Mariing kinokondena ng THE BEDAN, ang opisyal na pahayagan ng College of Arts and Sciences- San Beda University, ang nasabing hakbang ng NTC. Read more »