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By JANNELA PALADIN and JANESS ANN J. ELLAO MANILA — A year since lawmakers killed the franchise of the biggest television network in the country, a group of Filipino journalists said the Duterte administration cannot wash its hands over what is deemed as an assault on free press and abuse of power. “Undoubtedly, the killing of the franchise is an order from Malacañang, and blindly undertaken by his cohorts without credible justification and reason,” the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said in a statement. On July 10, NUJP led a protest caravan from the House of Represe...

Luz Rimban of the Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo joins the call for release of Frenchie Mae Cumpio “But even if we mark World Press Freedom Day with many reasons to be fearful, we mark it also with hope, knowing that there are many of us still working each day to gather facts and shine a little light on what is happening in the country and on what isn’t.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – On World Press Freedom day, journalists in the Philippines reiterated their call for the release of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and for the junking of Anti-Terror Law.

#FreeLadyAnnSalem: Truth-telling is not a crime Human rights lawyer Kristina Conti and NUJP secretary general Dabel Panelo calls for the release of Lady Ann Salem (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / Bulatlat) “The reason we have peaceful lives is that there are people like Icy who are continuously fighting for our rights.” By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN MANILA — Various media groups, along with friends and colleagues of arrested journalist Lady Ann Salem, launched the #FreeLadyAnnSalem network today Dec. 18, to call for her immediate and unconditional release. “My sister never took arms, she does not k...