NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES Update Feb. 15, 2012 After a long exchange on whether which camp is delaying the Ampatuan massacre trial, the Quezon City Regional Trial Court ruled, in favor of the Defense camp, to bar another witness from testifying today (Feb. 15). Branch 221 Judge Jocelyn Solis Reyes moved to [...]
Gen San-based publisher shot dead
NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES (NUJP) Alert Jan. 6, 2011 A publisher based in General Santos City was shot and killed late Thursday evening, journalists in the area said. Unidentified gunmen riding in tandem assailed Christopher Guarin, publisher of Tatak News, along Conel Road at around 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 5, according to [...]
Publisher of Bohol community paper shot in broad daylight
Antonio “Tony” Silagon, 73, publisher of the local tabloid Bohol Balita Daily News, was shot by two unidentified men on December 15 in Barangay Dao, Trinidad City, Bohol province. According to the Bohol chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Silagon was walking alone and had just left his residence when [...]
NUJP STATEMENT ON THE 3rd YEAR OF DENNIS CUESTA’S MURDER
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines joins the media community and the family of murdered Radio Mindanao Network anchor Dennis Cuesta today, Aug. 9, in remembering the third year of his death. Likewise, NUJP expresses its dismay over the continued inaction that has caused the murder case to stagnate. It has been more [...]
State of the Nation Address ni P-Noy
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Bise Presidente Jejomar Binay; mga dating Pangulong Fidel Valdez Ramos at Joseph Ejercito Estrada; Chief Justice Renato Corona at ang ating mga kagalang-galang na mahistrado ng Korte Suprema; mga kagalang-galang na kasapi ng diplomatic corps; mga butihing miyembro ng Kamara de Representante at ng Senado; mga Local [...]
A wolf in sheepskin could devour the effort for justice
Statement 12 July 2011 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) strongly supports the decision of Justice Sec. Leila de Lima to reject theoffer of suspended Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Zaldy Ampatuan’s to turn state witness. From rumors that began circulating last week, Zaldy Ampatuan finally came out, through television [...]
We mourn a great loss in the Philippine media family
NUJP Statement The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines grieves the loss of esteemed colleague, good friend, and respected mentor Lourdes E. Simbulan, or Chit Estella, as we all knew her both professionally and personally. Chit died when the taxi she was riding in was rammed by a speeding bus near the Ayala Technohub [...]
P-Noy urged to stop killings
From Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility SEVERAL MEDIA, media advocacy organizations and journalism professors and students led by the to take concrete steps to stop human rights violations and the continuing killing and harassment of journalists and political activists. The Manila newspaper BusinessWorld, students and professors of the University of the Philippines, the organization [...]
500 Days since Philippines Massacre: It’s Time for Aquino to Act
International press freedom organisations today called on Philippine President Benigno Aquino III to direct his administration to provide the necessary resources and support to ensure the swift prosecution of suspects accused of murdering journalists and media workers. Marking 500 days since the November 2009 massacre of 58 people, including 32 journalists and media workers, in [...]
Radio anchor shot dead in Malabon
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) received reports that a radio anchor of the station dzME was shot dead along Solonian street in Maysilo, Malabon at around 9:45 this morning. Maria Len Flores Somera, who anchors the daily morning program called Arangkada Kinse Trenta, was shot by unidentified men while on her [...]
