STATEMENT: Correcting the Historical Injustice on the Bangsamoro: Recognizing the Missing Sama Narrative
(Statement of 1Sama Coalition, a loose movement of Sama professionals from across vocations and professions).
PEPP STATEMENT: Observing the International Day of Peace in the Context of the 50th...
Today, September 21, 2022, the world will observe the annual International Day of Peace. Forty-one years ago,...
NUJP STATEMENT: Amid calls to ‘move on’, we remember and will resist
(Statement of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines on 21 September 2022)
STATEMENT: The Struggle for Justice Continues
Many years ago, we were shocked. We cried out in grief. Our civil...
Serving the indigenous peoples is not a crime
The Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) denounces the dangerous accusation against 16 individuals of the non-bailable offense of allegedly providing...
SONA 2022: The state of the nation is sound
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESSOFHIS EXCELLENCY FERDINAND R. MARCOS JR.PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINESTO THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
INAUGURAL ADDRESS: President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, Jr.
Presidential Communications Operations OfficePresidential News Desk
SPEECH OFPRESIDENT FERDINAND “BONGBONG” ROMUALDEZ MARCOS JR.DURING HIS INAUGURATION
FMFA Statement in solidarity with Bulatlat and Pinoy Weekly
THE undersigned journalists, media organizations and advocacy groups unequivocally condemn the government’s blocking of access to the websites of media outlets Bulatlat and Pinoy Weekly and of other organizations...
STATEMENT: It is the Season of Lies
Statement on the South Cotabato SP members’ vote to amend South Cotabato Environment Code
STATEMENT: IDIS condemns lifting of SouthCot’s ban on open-pit mining
We strongly condemn the railroading of the amendment of the Environment Code of South Cotabato, specifically the...
STATEMENT: Reflecting on the Importance of Press Freedom
May 3 is World Press Freedom Day – a timely opportunity for reflection on the crucial importance...
Diocese of Malaybalay: Pursing the Partisanship of Truth
PURSUING THE PARTISANSHIP OF TRUTHA Pastoral Statement of the Diocese of Malaybalay on May 2022 ElectionsINTRODUCTION
On the 7th of...
STATEMENT of UP College of Medicine Class 1986: Free Dr. Naty Castro!
PAHAYAG NG SUPORTA PARA KAY DR. NATY CASTRO MULA SA U.P. COLLEGE OF MEDICINE CLASS 1986
Philippine Media Statement Urging Candidates to Participate in Election Debates and Forums
February 07, 2022
Freedom for Media Freedom for All, a coalition of press freedom advocates, calls on aspirants to...
STATEMENT: Stop the verbal abuse and all forms of violence against women and girls!
STATEMENT of Konsyensa Dabaw and other Dabawenyas
We, the women of Konsyensya Dabaw, together with other Dabawenyas, speak collectively...
CBCP Pastoral Statement: “For I find no pleasure in the death of anyone who...
(Pastoral statement of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines dated 30 January 2017, at the end of their three-day 114th Plenary Assembly in...
PAHAYAG NG NUJP: “Di po laro ang pagbabalita, Mr. President”
PAHAYAG NG NUJP: “Di po laro ang pagbabalita, Mr. President!”
December 30, 2016
Mawalang-galang po, mahal na Pangulo. Sinasadya ng National Union of Journalists of the...
NUJP Statement on the murder of Catanduanes publisher
National Union of Journalists of the Philippines
Statement
December 20, 2016
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines condemns the murder of Larry Que, publisher of...
STATEMENT: NUJP on Human Rights Day
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines joins the commemoration of International Human Rights Day as we remember not only our fallen colleagues...
BAYAN: “We say, enough!”
Press Statement
December 10, 2016
On International Human Rights Day: “We say, enough!”
Human Rights have taken a serious beating the past few months.
The sneaky burial of...
STATEMENT of NDFP peace panel chair Fidel Agcaoili
NDFP Media Office
Statement from NDFP Peace Panel Chair Fidel Agcaoili
December 9, 2016
President Rodrigo Duterte’s allusion to the peace negotiations as a high-stakes poker game...
STATEMENT: Human Rights violations in Mindanao continue to rise amidst peace talks
The worsening human rights violations in Mindanao have been disregarded by the Duterte government despite the unilateral ceasefire of the GRP and his declaration...
STATEMENT: Duterte wrong in defending Albuera mayor’s killers
BAYAN Press Statement
December 8, 2016
President Duterte's recent statements on the killing of Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa, that he will not allow the policemen involved to...
ADDRESS TO THE NATION: This is not the time for fear. It is a...
(Address to the Nation by Leni Gerona-Robredo, Vice President of the Philippines, on 5 December 2016)
Ngayong umaga, sinumite namin sa Malacañang ang sulat ng...
NUJP STATEMENT: The truth can never be silenced, online and off
The truth can never be silenced, online and off
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines deplores the blocking by Facebook of the account...
STATEMENT of NUJP: End Impunity. Justice Now!
NUJP Statement on the 7th Year of the Ampatuan Massacre
November 23, 2016
November 23, 2009 is a day that will forever live in infamy, not...
STATEMENT of NAKP: Stop the killings! End impunity! Human rights for all!
There has been an epidemic of summary killings and extrajudicial executions across the Philippines for decades now. From 1998 to December 2015, a total...
STATEMENT: Why We Are Marching Again
As we have written way back in 2012, we need to be reminded time and again “Lest we have, in the busyness of our work...
STATEMENT of APILA: Marcos Burial is Historical Injustice rewritten
Marcos Burial is Historical Injustice Rewritten
(APILA’S Public Statement on the Marcos Burial)
The Ateneo Public Interest and Legal Advocacy (APILA) Center of the Ateneo de...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: On Children’s month and children’s right to participation
Letter to the Editor
On Children’s Month
November 21, 2016
On children’s month and children’s right to participation
November 20 was the anniversary of the United Nations...
STATEMENT: To force our people to move on and to forget is inconsolable and...
STATEMENT
Young Moro Professionals
18 November 2016
There is no darker period in our recent history than the Martial Law era. There is hardly any Bangsamoro family...
STATEMENT: Bad faith
STATEMENT
Konsyensya Dabaw
18 November 2016
Konsyensya Dabaw condemns the burial of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) today for...
STATEMENT: Konsyensya Dabaw prays for a just SC decision
Konsyensya Dabaw joins other Filipinos in lighting candles and praying for a just decision of the Supreme Court (SC) concerning petitions on the burial...
Cagayan de Oro Press Club: Respect the local press community
Statement of Indignation
Cagayan de Oro Press Club, Inc.
14 February 2016
Respect the local press community
We, members of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club Inc., express...
NUJP Statement: The State of Press Freedom 2015: More journalists killed and threatened,...
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines has always said that we do not see any pattern that would lead us to conclude...
PEPP STATEMENT: Our Christmas Call: Resume GPH-NDFP Formal Peace Talks
Our Christmas Call: Resume GPH-NDFP Formal Peace Talks
Statement of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform
As Christendom celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, the Prince of...
STATEMENT: Continuing Our Defense for Human Rights and Human Dignity and Affirming our Call...
STATEMENT
Continuing Our Defense for Human Rights and Human Dignity and Affirming our Call to End Impunity
“When justice is done, good people are happy,...
STATEMENT: Be part of the movement for social change: Continue Bonifacio’s legacy!
November 30, 2015
PRESS STATEMENT
Kabataan Partylist
Northern Mindanao Region
BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL CHANGE! CONTINUE BONIFACIO’S LEGACY!
“Is there any love that is nobler, purer...
On the Legislation of the Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (H.B. 5811...
Statement of the Institute for Autonomy and Governance (IAG)
on the Legislation of the Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (H.B. 5811 and S.B....
SELDA to Aquino’s Claims Board: Expedite processing of human rights claims
Press Statement
24 September 2015
FORTY-THREE years since the imposition of the Marcos martial law in the Philippines, and two years after President Noynoy Aquino signed...
Human Rights Watch: Paramilitaries Attack Tribal Villages, Schools; Military Supporting Abusive Forces in Mindanao
PRESS RELEASE
Human Rights Watch
(Manila, September 24, 2015) – The Philippine military has repeatedly stood aside while paramilitary forces have attacked indigenous villages and schools in the...
#StopLumadKillings! Stop the Attacks on the Lumad, Indigenous Peoples in Mindanao
STATEMENT
We have long been alarmed at the situation of the Lumad – the indigenous peoples in Mindanao. The past years have seen a rise...
STATEMENT: On the Lianga and Pangantucan Lumad Massacres in Mindanao
STATEMENT
On the Lianga and Pangantucan Lumad Massacres in Mindanao
by the National Council of Churches in the Philippines
“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the...
STATEMENT: Attacks on Mindanao Lumad schools and communities intensify as Aquino’s military goes berserk...
STATEMENT
Attacks on Mindanao Lumad schools and communities intensify as Aquino’s military goes berserk for Oplan Bayanihan
by Save Our Schools Network
The last year of the Benigno...
Manifesto of Various Sultanates in the Bangsamoro on The Immediate Passage of...
STATEMENT
We, the Traditional Leaders and Royal Ladies of the Bangsamoro, representing the various sultanates such as the Sultanate of Buayan, Sultanate of Kabuntalan, Sultanate...
Panalipdan Southern Mindanao: US, China, stop making PH your playground!
Press Statement
Panalipdan Southern Mindanao
April 11, 2015
US, CHINA, STOP MAKING PH YOUR PLAYGROUND!
Panalipdan-SMR condemns the reported incursion and reclamation activities of Chinese ships in Mischief...
NUJP statement on the murder of Tagbilaran broadcaster Maurito Lim
Statement on the Murder of Tagbilaran Broadcaster Maurito Lim
15 February 2015We have run out of words of condemnation in the face of the murder...
Statement of Ateneo de Manila University President Jose Ramon T. Villarin SJ
The Ateneo de Manila University joins the nation in mourning all those who perished in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Sunday, 25 January 2015. We grieve...
Statement of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P. A. Sereno on the recent Maguindanao Encounter
In the wake of the recent deaths in Mamasapano, Maguindanao involving officers and members of the Philippine National Police - Special Action Force and...
A Test of Our Commitment to Peace
(Statement of the Zamboanga-Basilan Integrated Development Alliance, Inc. on the tragic death of over 40 members of the PNP-Special Action Force in Maguindanao Province...