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Opposition bets say it's time for divorce law in Philippines | Midday wRap
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PhilStar.com takedown of Keng story 'unfortunate' – NUJP
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines says the article takedown proves that government's 'twisting the law' has a chilling effect on media

Supreme Court junks quo warranto suit vs Duterte | Midday wRap
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Baguio council backs NUJP bid to exempt journalists as drug case witnesses
Baguio City Vice Mayor Edison Bilog says the council wants 'to protect the integrity and welfare of media practitioners'

Riding-in-tandem gunmen kill radio announcer in Negros Oriental
(UPDATED) Police suspect radio announcer Gabriel 'Kumander Aguila' Alburo was killed over a cockfighting bet but are looking at other motives for the attack as well

NUJP: Maria Ressa’s Time honor recognizes 'tenacity of PH press'
'The selection of Maria is a recognition of the resistance and tenacity of the Philippine press in upholding truth and fighting for the freedom of the Press and expression,' says the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines

Signature drive launched vs tapping journalists as drug operations witnesses
The police practice of pressuring media practitioners to sign anti-drug operation reports as witnesses puts them in physical danger and in conflict-of-interest situations. #PHnews

Journalists slam PNP over door-to-door bid for good coverage
'Government forces must never harass, intimidate, or attack journalists who are just doing their jobs,' says the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines

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Sotto says Inquirer will remove articles on Pepsi Paloma
(UPDATED) 'They will [take it down]... because it's fake news. It's [the] original fake news,' says Senate President Vicente Sotto III

ISIS operatives, Tito Sotto, World Cup 2018 | Midday wRap
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Sotto asks Inquirer to remove articles on Pepsi Paloma
(UPDATED) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines denounces Sotto's request, saying it is a 'brazen attempt to suppress freedom of the press and of expression'

NUJP to gov't: Don't require media as witness in anti-drug operations
The presence of media in anti-illegal drugs raids and apprehensions should be limited to 'coverage for journalism purposes,' the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines says in a resolution

Media groups record 85 attacks on press freedom under Duterte
'Separately and together, these 85 cases have made the practice of journalism an even more dangerous endeavor under Duterte,' says Malou Mangahas, executive director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

[OPINION] Speak truth to power, keep power in check
Whoever is president, the paramount duty of a free press in a democracy is to defend and uphold the people's right to know, with unqualified courage and unity

NUJP to Duterte: 'Shame on you for displaying extreme pettiness'
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines says President Rodrigo Duterte 'has acted much like a petulant child throwing a fit' when he banned Rappler's Pia Ranada from Palace coverage

NUJP slams Roque as 'fake news peddler'
NUJP says Roque 'has acquired a penchant for accusing media of making him look bad by doing what they ought to – reporting his pronouncements accurately with the proper context and background'

‘That’s a crime’: Duterte hit for blackmailing media
‘We should not allow that we will be silenced...because once they succeed, all of us will be silenced,’ NUJP president Noynoy Espina reminds journalists during a #BlackFridayForPressFreedom forum in Bacolod

NUJP slams cyberattack on Kodao Productions' website
Kodao.org is known for covering the peace process between the Philippine government and the NDFP, as well as issues about indigenous peoples, human rights, environmental issues

Pro-democracy organization slams writers group for ‘casting aspersions without evidence'
The group Let’s Organize for Democracy and Integrity (LODI) says the letter of the 'concerned writers from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao' posted online 'cast doubt and aspersion without evidence' against Rappler

Joel Lamangan calls for press freedom at NUJP Black Friday gathering
The director slams the current administration, saying its actions are indicative of a return to dictatorship

Fight for press freedom: Join the NUJP Black Friday protest on January 19
(UPDATED) Wear black wherever you are or join the rally at the Boy Scout Circle, the roundabout at Timog and Tomas Morato intersection in Quezon City, on Friday at 6 pm

Journalist groups hit SEC decision vs Rappler
(2nd UPDATE) The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism says the 'harsh' ruling has 'horrifying implications on the full and untrammeled exercise of press freedom'

NUJP backs Rappler journalist, slams 'hollow block' threat
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines denounces the 'patent ignorance and arrogance' of dwIZ host and pro-Duterte blogger RJ Nieto

NUJP calls out Duterte’s legal counsel for ‘lechery and misogyny’
In an interview with journalists Karin Wenger and Ana Santos, Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo says he is ‘better in bed’ and that ‘I fuck like an 18-year old’

Broadcaster killed in ambush in Surigao del Sur
(UPDATED) The fatal ambush on Christopher Iban Lozada happened after he received death threats, some of which he posted on his Facebook page, says the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines

NUJP hits Thinking Pinoy blogger RJ Nieto as 'barefaced liar'
'That Nieto did all this under oath should have earned him a perjury charge or a contempt citation at the very least,' says the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines

Surigao del Norte vice mayor punches, chokes newspaper editor
Dapa Mayor Francisco Matugas Gonzales attacks Edito Mapayo, editor-in-chief of 'Diaryo Balita,' for an unfavorable article published 2 years ago in another paper

NUJP to Aguirre: Media won't be scapegoats for your 'lies'
Trying to blame others for your blunders unmasks you as a mean spirited coward the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines tells Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II

PH media groups release Facebook fake news blocker
Now available at the Chrome Web Store Fakeblok is the result of a collaboration between the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines and the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
Only a tyrant would shut down the media – NUJP
If there is a time for the Philippine media community to set aside our differences and unite to oppose any and all attempts to silence us it is now the NUJP says reacting to Duterte s threat to ABS CBN
NUJP on Duterte, Park, Game of Thrones | Midday wRap
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#ThewRap: Things you need to know, March 31, 2017
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NUJP calls out Duterte's 'absolutely twisted' rant against media
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines calls Duterte s rant a brazen abuse of his power as chief executive

NUJP website downed by 'massive' denial of service attack
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines calls the cyberattacker an enemy of press freedom and of free expression

Gov't calls for probe into death of journalist Larry Que
According to the International Federation of Journalists Larry Que is the first journalist killed under the Duterte administration

NUJP condemns threats against Reuters reporters
President Rodrigo Duterte s appeal to his supporters not to harm journalists seems to have fallen on deaf ears says the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines

Propaganda war: Weaponizing the internet
In the Philippines, paid trolls, fallacious reasoning, leaps in logic, poisoning the well – these are only some of the propaganda techniques that have helped shift public opinion on key issues

Duterte to supporters: Don't threaten journalists
President Rodrigo Duterte says while he is thankful for the support he would rather his supporters not threaten people

NUJP to Palace: Investigate social media attacks vs journalists
UPDATED The journalists union condemns personal threats online against Gretchen Malalad and Jamela Alindogan over their reports on President Duterte s anti drug war

Duterte & ICC, NUJP & Cayetano, Pacquiao | 12PM wRap
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NUJP: 'Careless' Cayetano endangers PH journalists
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines says the unsubstantiated allegations of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano against the Philippine media put lives in danger

Ortega family 'incensed' over Duterte justification of media killings
Criticizing Rodrigo Duterte s justification of media killings the family of Gerry Ortega says the slain radio broadcaster was killed for exposing corruption

Journalists' groups hit Duterte's justification of media killings
UPDATED Journalists groups slam President elect Rodrigo Duterte for justifying media killings while Reporters Without Borders urge Philippine media to boycott his press conferences

PNP to crack down on poll-related cyberbullying
The Philippine National Police is also ready to secure media practitioners receiving threats from candidates supporters

NUJP: 'Spare journalists' from threats, attacks
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines calls for a stop to harassment and threats hurled against reporters during the coverage of the national elections

Gunmen kill radio reporter in Zamboanga del Sur
Elvis Ordaniza 49 of radio dxWO is the first journalist killed this year in the Philippines according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines

No media equipment allowed at Mindanao presidential debate
The Comelec s national media partner GMA 7 is giving more slots to local journalists in the Cagayan de Oro event but will not let them bring cameras and other equipment

'Mauled' DZRH reporter to file charges vs Marikina cop
Broadcaster Edmar Estabillo meanwhile faces charges of simple disobedience direct assault and unjust vexation filed by SPO2 Manuel Laison

Attempt to silence journalist on Lumad story 'cheap, desperate' – NUJP
Inday Espina Varona former national chair of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is the target of a Facebook post linking her to communist groups
