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OPINION: Calida’s gag order petition betrays desperation

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Feb 18 10:21 PM

Is SolGen Jose Calida overwhelmed by the negative reactions to his deplorable quo warranto petition against ABS-CBN?  Read more »

Duterte declares July 25 as National Campus Press Freedom Day

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 11:18 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law recognizing the observance of the "National Campus Press Freedom Day" in all educational institutions on July 25 every year. Read more »

SWS: Most Pinoys find freedom of speech 'very strong' under Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 04 12:59 AM

Nearly 3 out of 5 Filipinos believe that they can speak "openly and without fear" even if it is against government. Read more »

Palace: Alejano's quit call over ouster matrix is 'undeserving of response'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 12:42 PM

Malacañang on Sunday rejected Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano's call for President Rodrigo Duterte and his spokesperson to step down from office over a matrix tagging journalists and lawyers in an alleged destabilization plot. Read more »

On World Press Freedom Day, Palace says it supports ‘free exercise’ of journalism

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 07:07 PM

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo assured media practitioners in the country that “we do not condone media violence and repression of information.” Read more »

Justice chief rejects journalism watchdog's findings on state of PH press freedom

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 05:30 PM

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday rejected the findings of a Committee to Protect Journalists mission in the Philippines which expressed alarm over "increasing levels of intimidation and a shrinking free press in the country." Read more »

US cites continuing killings, rights violations in PH in 2018 Human Rights Report

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 14 07:25 PM

Extrajudicial killings, rights abuses and threats against independent media has continued under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte last year, the United States said in its annual Human Rights report, released Wednesday. Read more »

Black Friday Protest for press freedom

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 19 11:22 PM

Student journalists join a protest pushing for press freedom at the Boy Scout Circle in Quezon City, Friday evening.  Read more »

OPINION: Despite corporate questions, Rappler case still a press freedom issue

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jan 16 10:21 PM

Despite Malacañang’s denial, there is no doubt that the decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revoke Rappler’s registration as a media entity is a press freedom issue. Read more »

Trump vows to rewrite U.S. libel law

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 04:04 AM

President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to rewrite U.S. libel law, after an explosive book portrayed him as out of his depth in the White House. Read more »

Bill Clinton joins calls for release of journalists in Myanmar

Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 10:38 PM

YANGON - Calls grew on Tuesday for the release of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar facing accusations of breaching the country's Official Secrets Act, with former U.S. President Bill Clinton urging that they be freed immediately. Read more »

Uson fires back at Palace reporters: Why meddle with bloggers?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 08:34 AM

Presidential Communications Office Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson on Thursday fired back at Palace reporters who accused her of attempting to suppress the freedom of the press.    Read more »

Malacañang Press Corps, tumugon sa 'accreditation' ni Mocha Uson

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 01:51 AM

Nanindigan ang Malacañang Press Corps na isa itong malayang samahan ng mga mamamahayag na hindi saklaw ng Presidential Communications Operations Office. Read more »

Palace reporters hit ‘attempt to curtail press freedom’

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 10:12 PM

The Malacañang Press Corps (MPC), the organization of journalists covering the Office of the President, on Wednesday hit back at Presidential Communications Office Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson for asking that online news site Rappler be reclassified as a social media entity.    Read more »

Trump wants Senate to investigate journalists

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 06 01:32 AM

In the latest in a series of broadsides against the media, US President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that lawmakers investigate journalists for their work.   Read more »