3 MIN READOnly 55 of 378 laws enacted by the 19th Congress from July 25, 2022, to June 30, 2025, contained transparency-related provisions, according to “Uneven Transparency,” a report by Jenina Joy Chavez and Matthew Volante for the Right to Know Right Now Coalition.
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3 MIN READThe paradox is striking. Filipinos have never had more platforms for expression, yet the conditions for meaningful public discourse appear increasingly degraded.
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2 MIN READTaken together, local data and global findings point to a consistent pattern: legal pressure, harassment, and intimidation are shaping the conditions under which journalists work.
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2 MIN READThe Philippines has been identified as one of the countries where legal tools are increasingly used to silence journalists, according to the 2026 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders on April 30.
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2 MIN READPublic officials and state-linked actors are the most common threat to journalists, according to a Forbidden Stories survey of 204 threatened journalists across 53 countries.
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2 MIN READWe give the highest honor to our colleague RJ, who until his last breath served marginalized communities by immersing and reporting on their stories. Together with his family and colleagues, we demand justice for RJ Ledesma.
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2 MIN READThe culture of bardagulan and bangayan is now very prominent on social media. But it is a reflection of deeper social and political fractures in the offline realm.
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8 MIN READA court ruling that convicted a journalist and a lay worker of terrorism financing in the Philippines has raised fears that reporting and community work in the country could increasingly be treated as criminal acts.
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< 1 MIN READPress organizations criticized the March 27 ruling of a Tacloban City court rejecting the bid of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and church worker Marielle Domequil to overturn the ruling and seek temporary release.
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2 MIN READPress freedom organizations renewed their calls for the release of detained journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio ahead of a court ruling scheduled for March 23, on motions challenging her conviction and seeking bail.
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