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28/07/2025

People's SONA 2025

28/07/2025

People's 2025

28/07/2025

LIVE: Iba't ibang grupo, ipinagpatuloy ang protest malapit sa Batasan

28/07/2025

WATCH: Progressives hold their 'PEOPLE'S ' in Quezon City

25/07/2025

Lugi raw ang Pilipinas sa naging usapan ni Pang. Marcos Jr. at US President Trump. Pag-usapan natin ito sa ALAB Analysis kasama si Rosario Guzman at Sonny Africa ng IBON Foundation. Tumutok at makisali sa diskusyon!

24/07/2025

Pinagpupugay ng PinoyMedia Center sina Michael Beltran, Executive Director Joanna Robles, at Michelle Mabingnay sa mga natanggap nilang pagkilala sa larangan ng adbokasiyang pamamahayag.

Ginawaran si Michael Beltran ng Developing Asia Journalism Award 2025 ng Asian Development Bank Institute para sa kaniyang ulat sa epekto ng AI sa manggagawang BPO at ang masusing pagtalakay sa ugnayan ng paggawa, teknolohiya, at karapatang pantao.

Samantala, napiling APWLD media fellows sina Joanna Robles at Michelle Mabingnay upang siyasatin ang epekto ng digitalisasyon sa kababaihan at iba pang nasa laylayan sa rehiyon ng Asya-Pasipiko.

Ang mga pagkilalang ito ay patunay sa patuloy na paninindigan ng mga manunulat at istap ng PinoyMedia Center para sa makabuluhang pamamahayag.

14/07/2025

12/07/2025

MEDIA ADVISORY

Stakeholders, consumers react to LWUA and Malacanang pronouncements on PrimeWater and other water joint venture agreements

With Malacanang and the Local Water Utilities Administration's assurances that water will soon be back and culprits behind dismal and expensive water services in joint venture agreements will be held to account, Pinoy Media Center hosts a media forum this Monday to highlight stories of affected consumers from La Union, Bacolod, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Panay Island, Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog, and from urban poor communities.

The event will spotlight Primewater growth and water privatization everywhere plus share how some localities and legislators are pushing back.

When and Where:
July 14, 2025
10AM to 12NN
College of Mass Communication Auditorium, UP Diliman

Speakers include:
1. Ms. Tina Antonio-Schmitz, former president of the San Juan Resort, Restaurant and Hotel Association
2. Mr. Benjie Oray, Bacolod City Water District Employees Union
3. Mr. Leo Espelimbergo, Water for the People Network National Spokesperson
4. Ms. Celine Murillo, Environmentalist/Nature Storyteller
5. Ka Mimi Doringo, Kadamay Secretary General and Co-convener of SUKI Network
6. Rep. Renee Co, Kabataan Partylist

11/07/2025

Bakit nalululong sa online gambling ang mga Pilipino?

Pag-uusapan natin 'yan sa Analysis kasama si San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza at Digital Pinoys national campaigner Ronald Gustilo.

Tumutok at makisali sa diskusyon!

27/06/2025

Sa gitna ng genocide sa Gaza, tuluy-tuloy din ang pambobomba ng Israel at US sa iba't ibang bahagi ng West Asia. Ano nga ba ang nasa likod nito?

Ito ang tatalakayin natin ngayong gabi sa ALAB Analysis kasama ang veteran journalist na si Inday Espina Varona, Atty Fudge Tajar at Raymond Palatino. Sumali sa diskusyon!

21/06/2025

STATEMENT | On the Final Report of UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan to the UN Human Rights Council
June 21, 2025

The PinoyMedia Center (PMC) welcomes the final report of UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression Irene Khan, delivered before the UN Human Rights Council. We especially recognize her acknowledgment of the Philippine government’s domain name system (DNS) blocking of Pinoy Weekly, Bulatlat, and 25 other alternative news sites as a direct form of censorship. This act is a blatant assault on press freedom and must be reversed immediately.

Khan’s report lays bare the grave threats facing press freedom and democratic expression in the Philippines today. We strongly affirm her unwavering support for independent media, which continues to operate despite relentless red-tagging, harassment, and censorship.

The report reinforces what we have long asserted: the over-four-year detention of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio is not only unjust but a clear demonstration of state repression meant to silence dissent and critical journalism.

We echo Khan’s serious concerns about red-tagging, prolonged pretrial detention, and the worsening impunity in journalist killings. These are not isolated violations, but are part of a broader pattern of systemic attacks on life, liberty, and the very foundation of a democratic society.

We support and commit to amplifying Khan’s concrete recommendations to the Philippine government, including:

1. The immediate lifting of website blockings and other forms of censorship targeting critical and alternative media.

2. The decriminalization of libel and cyber-libel, which continue to be weaponized against journalists and dissenters.

3. The abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), which has institutionalized red-tagging and vilification of media and civil society.

4. The adoption of an Executive Order denouncing red-tagging, accompanied by clear accountability mechanisms and sanctions for violators.

5. The full implementation of the 2024 Supreme Court ruling that recognized red-tagging as a threat to life and liberty.

6. The creation of a fully resourced, independent mechanism for journalist safety, rooted in human rights standards and participatory processes with civil society and the media sector.

We also reiterate our demand to junk the Anti-Terror Law, which has become a legal weapon for harassment and political persecution under the guise of national security.

The path forward is clear. We urge the Marcos Jr. administration to treat these recommendations not as foreign interference — these are obligations of any government that claims to uphold democracy. What the country needs now is not more rhetoric, but real, urgent action: to protect journalists, uphold freedom of expression, and safeguard the fundamental rights of the Filipino people.

Reference:
Joanna Robles, PMC Executive Director