Tag: Press Freedom

"Press freedom is alive and the proof is the Nobel Prize award to Maria Ressa," said presidential spokesman Harry Roque

Banned organizations would include news agencies, newspaper publishing groups, radio or television broadcasters and providers of online news

The bishops stressed the important role that the press play in 'gauging the health of a healthy democratic society'

"I'm not a sole reporter .... My job is to hold up the ceiling, it has been for a while… so that our folks can continue working"

As a journalist, “Ressa has shown herself to be a fearless defender of freedom of expression”

At least 28% of the respondents are undecided, and 25% disagree with the statement in the survey done by SWS

The attacks on alternative media outfits Bulatlat and Altermidya reportedly originated from the IP address assigned to the Philippine Army

In June, authorities announced all films would now be scrutinized for "national security" breaches

This year’s “Press Freedom Week” observance opened with a Mass at the Archdiocesan Shrine of St. Pedro Calungsod in Cebu

Arrested were Sithu Aung Myint, commentator with Voice of America, and Htet Htet Khine, freelance producer for BBC Media Action