Tag: Press Freedom
Groups slam media security chief for red-tagging ahead of UN expert’s...
The youngest journalist in prison in the world today, Cumpio was arrested in February 2020 when she was 20 years old
Philippine group urges international scrutiny as press freedom faces ongoing threats
Cristina Palabay, secretary general of the group, described the human rights situation in the country as “bleak, if not worse”.
Broadcasting networks can become narrowcasters
Civil libertarians may cry for suppression of press freedom. However, analysts of Philippine journalism have a counterargument.
A new platform monitoring press freedom in Southeast Asia
The network is planning to expand the coverage of the project by seeking potential partners in Myanmar and Vietnam
Carmelites honor Philippines’ ‘Father of Modern Sculpture’
The Catholic congregation on August 3 conferred the Titus Brandsma Lifetime Achievement Award (posthumous) to Napoleon “Billy” Abueva
Freedom of expression is the people’s right to fight back
Every year, we note there is at least a major case of state censorship or police repression in the arts in the Philippines
Carmelite ‘martyr of press freedom’ source of inspiration amid flood of...
Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite priest, educator, and journalist, was canonized by Pope Francis on May 15, 2022
Survey: 47 percent of Filipinos say it is dangerous to criticize...
Survey results show that more Filipinos agree that it is dangerous to publish or broadcast anything unfavorable against the Marcos Jr. administration
Prayer of a journalist saint before he died for freedom of...
The Carmelites’ account of the saint’s life posted on their website includes a poem written by him on Feb. 12-13, 1942
Photos: Filipinos mark World Press Freedom Day
Student activists and journalists in the Philippines marked World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2023
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