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Press solidarity urged 37 years after EDSA revolt

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 04:43 PM

Filipino journalists should band together to protect press freedom 37 years after the EDSA People Power Revolution, the Philippine Collegian said. Read more »

Ressa at UN meet: Social media 'insidiously manipulating us'

Lucie Peytermann, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 02:46 AM

Filipina investigative journalist Maria Ressa said social media had allowed lies to flourish. Read more »

UN experts demand reinstatement of Cambodian news outlet

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 21 03:15 AM

UN experts demanded the reinstatement of Voice of Democracy after the online Khmer- and English-language broadcaster was stripped of its license. Read more »

Opening mass media to foreigners will strengthen PH press freedom: lawmaker

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 04:07 PM

A lawmaker believes opening up mass media to foreigners will 'strengthen' press freedom in the country. Read more »

Release of Frenchie Mae Cumpio sought

Mark Z. Saludes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 03:53 PM

Members of the Altermidya Network, community and campus journalists, and other media practitioners rally at the Department of Justice in Manila Monday Read more »

Ressa: 'Generational setback' in PH media under Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 19 09:54 PM

The persecution of journalists by the Duterte administration has brought "generational setback" in the country's media landscape, Maria Ressa said. Read more »

Ressa: Journalist Cimatu's libel conviction 'sends very difficult signal'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 11:16 AM

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa said the cyber libel conviction of Baguio-based journalist Frank Cimatu was a freedom of speech issue. Read more »

Piñol on cyber libel case win: Press freedom not absolute

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 12:10 AM

Piñol lauded the guilty verdict handed to a journalist who was convicted of cyber libel for a 2017 Facebook post that mentioned his alleged wealth. Read more »

Number of journalists imprisoned worldwide reaches record high

Paul Ricard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 14 05:23 PM

The figure is up from 488 in 2021, already a record, according to France-based NGO Reporters Without Borders. Read more »

Cimatu says to appeal cyber libel conviction

Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 14 02:47 PM

Baguio journalist Frank Cimatu said that he will appeal his cyber libel conviction over a post he made about former Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol. Read more »

Piñol on cyber libel case win: 'Press freedom isn't absolute'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 01:07 PM

Former Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said his cyber libel victory against journalist Frank Cimatu was a reminder that 'press freedom isn't absolute.' Read more »

Baguio-based journalist Frank Cimatu convicted of cyber libel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 10:24 PM

Louder calls to decriminalize libel and cyber libel in the Philippines after a journalist is sentenced to prison for a 2017 Facebook post critical of then Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol. Read more »

Hontiveros seeks decriminalization of libel

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 05:15 PM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday filed a bill that would seek to decrminalize libel. Read more »

Marcos Jr. says media imp't in showing what gov't is doing

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 10:32 AM

'It is something that those of us who are in government consider to be an integral part of whether or not we are successful or not,' said Marcos Jr. Read more »

ABS-CBN News Chief Ging Reyes to retire after 36-year career

Jeff Canoy, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 11:41 PM

“Never forget you are ABS-CBN News. You’ve been to hell and back. You can face anything." Read more »

Tulfo wants to decriminalize libel for 'certain groups', excluding 'fake journos'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 02:17 PM

Sen. Raffy Tulfo recalled that decriminalizing libel was one of his campaign promises. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 23, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 12:02 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Families pay tribute to victims of Maguindanao massacre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 11:17 PM

Families mark the Maguindanao massacre anniversary Wednesday, wishing that the perpetrators still at large will finally be caught. Read more »

'Fight for 58' cry echoes at Maguindanao massacre protests

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 10:59 PM

For a student organizer, it was important to remember the Maguindanao massacre even by young Filipinos who had not come of age then. Read more »

Hontiveros raises ABS-CBN franchise 'injustice' with Cordoba

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 09:47 PM

Hontiveros reminded Cordoba of NTC's closure order's impact to the thousands of ABS-CBN workers who lost their jobs in the middle of the pandemic. Read more »