College Editors Guild of the Philippines - Cagayan Valley

13/06/2024

21/05/2024

Joint Statement | End the censorship

On February 5, 2024, leaders of people’s organizations and the editors-in-chief of two alternative news media organizations wrote the National Telecommunications Commission urging it to rescind its order to block access in the Philippines to 27 websites.

The call was made in agreement with and in support of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion Irene Khan’s declaration, based on her initial findings from her country visit, that the website blocking is a “direct form of censorship.”

The Philippine Constitution explicitly states that no law shall be passed abridging freedom of the press and expression. Any restriction, Khan said, should be done in accordance with international standards of legality, necessity and proportionality. To date, there is no law allowing any government agency to block websites.

In their letter, the signatories said that “such standards were not met when the NTC issued its order” and that there is no legal basis for the commission to block access to the websites of organizations that have not even been designated by the Anti-Terrorism Council.

Despite hope, as well as assurances from the government, of wider civic space and of a better appreciation of basic human rights after the Duterte presidency, the letter went unanswered for three months.

The NTC finally responded and, citing advice from the National Security Council that requested the blocking of the websites in the first place, said that it will not reverse its order and will instead wait for the Quezon City Regional Trial Court to decide on the petition questioning the basis and legality of that order.

The letter, which came after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said at a media forum that he prefers a critical press and after the announcement of the creation of a new “super body” on human rights, casts doubt on the sincerity of such gestures and contradicts the government's claim of a Bagong Pilipinas.

We, the undersigned, urge the NTC to reconsider its decision and call on President Marcos Jr. to rescind this illegal, unfair and unwarranted restriction on press freedom, the freedoms of expression and association, and the right to due process.

Signed by the following organizations:
Altermidya
Amihan - National Federation of Peasant Women
Anakbayan Maskom
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan
Bulatlat
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)
Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU)
Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP)
College Editors Guild of the Philippines
Davao Today
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
Kodao Productions
National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW)
National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP)
National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL)
Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA)
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Philippine Press Institute
Pinoy Weekly
Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA)
Union of Journalists of the Philippines - UP

16/05/2024

The College Editors Guild of the Philippines strongly condemns this brazen silencing of independent journalists reporting war atrocities and liberation movements. This sets a dangerous precedent for other independent community journalists and media groups critical of repressive state policies and human rights violations.

READ: https://cegphils.medium.com/unite-our-pens-and-advance-the-struggle-for-genuine-press-freedom-768fc6caada9





SIGNATORIES: https://tinyurl.com/CEGPSolidarity-UniteOurPens

Join the College Editors Guild of the Philippines, the sole and broadest alliance of student publications in the Asia-Pacific region. It has been at the forefront of the fight for genuine campus press freedom and students’ demands and concerns: https://bit.ly/CEGPNatlOffice2023

11/05/2024

DEFEND THE CAMPUS PRESS! STOP CAMPUS PRESS REPRESSION!



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pati sa mga paaralan!

Sa panahon ng social media at disinformation, gaano pa nga ba ka-relevant ang campus journalism?

Tuklasin kasama ng Batch 6 interns sa una nilang group video ang mga hamon at gampanin ng mga student journalist.

04/05/2024

‘WAG MAGING ‘CONTEST’ JOURNALIST 🫢

On World Press Freedom Day, Explained PH managing editor Jhewen Albis urges campus journalists and school paper advisers to create content that sparks change and conversation in their communities.

What can students do to fight back against censorship in schools? Take a look at the conversation in the chat room of the Rappler Communities app. rplr.co/FFPHchat

04/05/2024

SOUNDS FAMILIAR? 👀

Explained PH editor in chief Archie Bergosa says the problems faced by campus media are similar to those experienced by professional journalists, including the lack of press freedom.

The Philippines ranks 134th out of 180 countries and territories in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index for 2024.

What can students do to fight back against censorship in schools? Take a look at the conversation in the chat room of the Rappler Communities app. http://rplr.co/FFPHchat

04/05/2024

LF: QUALITY EDUCATION 👀

Brell Lacerna, national spokesperson of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines, points out that the curtailment of campus press freedom says a lot about the quality of Philippine education.

What can students do to fight back against censorship in schools? Take a look at the conversation in the chat room of the Rappler Communities app. rplr.co/FFPHchat

03/05/2024

Ngayong , sama-sama nating talakayin ang papel ng mga mamamahayag sa gitna ng environmental crisis.

Tutok sa mamayang 8 PM. Bisitahin ang social media pages ng Altermidya!

03/05/2024

Journalists, media groups commemorate this year's World Press Freedom Day, May 3, in a protest action at the Boy Scout Circle in Quezon City.

Free Frenchie Mae Cumpio, justice for Gerry Ortega, and defend press freedom are the calls highlighted in the demonstration. A challenge is also posed to journalists to expose truths in reporting the worsening climate crisis.

03/05/2024

CMFR and NUJP recorded around 135 incidents of attacks and threats against media workers from 1 July 2022 to 30 April 2024. This number exceeds the number of attacks and threats in the first 22 months of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s term.

03/05/2024

The Third National Conference on Investigative Journalism closed with a plenary session on the State of Press Freedom in the Philippines. Watch on pcij.org/ijph2024

03/05/2024

On World Press Freedom Day 2024, we remember the words of the late Nonoy Espina. He served as chairman of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.

03/05/2024

Censorship sa mga kampus pahayagan? I say no to that!

Kasama ang Rappler, gunitain natin ang World Press Freedom Day sa paparating na chat event na may temang “Paano natin malalabanan ang censorship sa mga pahayagan?”. Abangan ito bukas, May 3, 6 pm, sa Rappler Communities app.

Makakasama natin dito ang mga organisasyong sumusulong ng malayang pamamahayag tulad ng College Editors Guild of the Philippines, Explained PH, at The Amaranth.

Click the link to join the session tomorrow: https://rplr.co/FFPHchat

03/05/2024

Paano mo gugunitain ang World Press Freedom Day?

Hinog ang mga batayan para ibayong palakasin ang pagkakaisa ng mga kampus pahayagan sa kabila ng tumitinding ligalig at walang humpay na panunupil sa kapwa mag-aaral at mga batayang sektor.

Sa darating na ika-3 ng Mayo ay gugunitain natin ang pandaigdigang araw ng malayang pamamahayag. Ang pagdiriwang na ito ay hindi lamang pangkaraniwan, dahil isa itong espesyal na araw upang higit pang ipamalas ang gilas ng mga kampus pahayagan na ipaglaban ang kanyang karapatan, tumungo sa mga pagawaan at sakahan at pag-aralan ang lipunan. Higit na hamon ang pagsisiwalat ng katotohanan mula a kaliwa't kanang pambubusabos sa edukasyon, kabuhayan, at kasarinlan!

Alamin natin ito sa Mamamahayag at Manggagawa Magkaisa!, Student Union Building, 12:00-6:00 PM. Maaaring tingnan ang imbitasyon ng CEGP sa inyong mga e-mail!

Kita-kits!

01/05/2024

01/05/2024

HIGHLIGHTS: The PNP violently water-bombed labor unions and multi-sectoral groups from asserting the right to protest in front of the US Embassy.

Groups say that it only exposes to whom the police serve for—US and its foreign domination to public transport, labor, and social services.

View the Labor Day Watch in this thread here in X: https://twitter.com/CEGPhils/status/1785433012005700044?t=9lwyXFO8dGICRn-FY_MnsQ&s=19

01/05/2024

HIGHLIGHTS: Jeepney drivers and operators, along with civil rights groups, continue their joint efforts to hold wide educational discussions and cultural activities in Liwasang Bonifacio.

While, more calls are seen surrounding the "kampuhan", such as demands to end the foreign-vested and commercialized modernization of jeepneys.

The price of the modernized jeepneys is about Php 1.5 million to Php 3 million, which drivers and operators could not afford given the crisis.

View the second day report in the Transport Strike Watch at X:
https://twitter.com/CEGPhils/status/1785133997984755812

20/03/2024

The House of Representatives railroaded the approval of Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 7 today, March 20, on its third and final reading.

In a 288-8-2 vote, this exceeded all attempts on Charter Change by previous administrations. RBH 7 is set to amend economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution to allow foreign ownership of public utilities and services, such as education and advertising.

Just last week, sponsors of the bill rushed its approval on second reading through voice voting.

Meanwhile, multisectoral groups held protests outside the Batasang Pambansa complex to condemn this move. They warned of the irreparable repercussions of foreign ownership on the country's sovereign control over its economy and political landscape.

The Marcos Jr administration eyes full passage of the constitutional revisions in a plebiscite in 2025.

28/02/2024

IN PHOTOS | Progressive youth groups and multisectoral formations commemorated the 38th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Uprising at the Power People Monument yesterday, February 25.

Thirty eight years ago, the country swarmed to EDSA and toppled a dictatorship that has taken 11, 103 lives and plunged the Philippine economy into a deep crisis.

Martial Law survivors Sr. Mary John Mananzan and film director Joel Lamangan began the afternoon program by narrating the stories of their personal struggles at the height of the Marcos Sr dictatorship.

Representatives from sectoral groups followed suit, expressing their drive to keep the genuine EDSA legacy alive, amid Bongbong Marcos Jr's efforts to stifle freedom of expression and amplify historical distortion to cleanse their family's name.

The youth, in a preceding program, called for an end to a commercialized and repressive education system that hindered them from meaningful and productive involvement in social development.

All groups called for , citing the deceitful and wasteful attempts of the Marcos Jr administration to drive a people's initiative amid economic distress and political bickering among the Marcos-Duterte tandem.




📸 Shiela Molina/Jhon Laurence Eso

28/02/2024

| EDSA’s Essence: Revisiting the Spirit of Democracy and Change
by Iska
Art by Wheel

On this day 38 years ago, millions came together along EDSA in a historic show of unity and courage. What began as a small rally quickly evolved into a momentous four-day display of people's power that transformed the nation.

Read more about the People Power Anniversary on: https://medium.com//onthisday-edsas-essence-revisiting-the-spirit-of-democracy-and-change-bfe8733c9ea1

26/02/2024

OPINYON | Lakas ng Bayan

Mahigit apat na dekada mula nang magsimula ang pag-aalsa ng masa at ipaglaban ang kanilang karapatang pantao laban sa paniniil ng gobyernong diktadura. Hanggang ngayon hindi maikakaila kung paanong ginagamit ng mga abusado ang benepisyong dala ng panahon at pagiging makakalimutin ng mga Pilipino.

Ang EDSA na siguro ang pinakakilala at pangunahing kalsada dahil sa napakahaba at buhol-buhol na trapiko rito. Ang EDSA ang bituka ng Metro Manila na araw-gabi’y dinadaanan ng mga proletaryadong hanggang ngayo’y nakikibaka sa masikip, luma, at bulok na sistema ng pampublikong transportasyon ng gobyerno. Isa ito sa paulit-ulit na nagpapaalala sa bawat Pilipinong komyuter at manggagawa na di natatapos ang laban ng masa at kumakalam nilang sikmura sa mainit at maingay na kalsada.

Sa mahigit na dalawang dekada, namuno ang mga oligarko. Ang Dekada '70 ang isa sa mga pinakamasalimuot na naitalang panahon sa kasaysayan ng mga aktibistang Pilipino. Umabot sa higit na pitumpung libo ang nakulong, limampung libo ang dinakip, inabuso, at pinahirapan, at labingwalong libo naman ang pinatay noong idineklara ang Batas Militar sa ilalim ng rehimen ng dating pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Mahaba ang listahan ng pangalan ng mga aktibista, abugado, mamamahayag, at lider-mag-aaral ang nagsumigaw at lumaban dahil napagod nang maging alipin ng abusadong sistemang nakatuon sa pagkakalat ng maling impormasyon gamit ang makinarya ng malisyosong propaganda (sa ilalim ng dating unang ginang na si Imelda Marcos), at pagpapanatili ng malawak na agwat ng mga peti-burgis at mga Pilipinong nasa laylayan ng lipunan.

Naniniwala akong masyadong mapagpatawad ang mga Pilipino. Sapagkat hanggang ngayon, marami ang nakikisimpatya sa pamilya ng dating pamilya ng diktator na pinalayas sa Malakanyang na tumakas pa-Hawaii dahil natakot sa makapal na listahan ng winaldas na pera ng bayan at buhay na kinitil. Natakot at tinakbuhan ang hustisyang sinisingil ng mga Pilipinong galit na dala ng pangmamalupit at pag-abuso ng kapangyarihan sa gobyerno.

Sa kabila ng lahat, ang tanyag na pag-aalsa ng masa ang dahilan sa kalayaang ating tinatamasa na hindi dapat limutun sapagkat nakatatak na sa ating kasaysayan. Ang makasaysayang rebolusyong ito ang naging katalista ng kalayaang tinamasa ng bansa sa mahigit apat na dekada.

Kamakailan lang, inilabas ang anunsyong hindi gugunitaing public holiday ang ika-25 ng Pebrero ngayon taon—ang anibersaryo ng mapayapang EDSA People Power Revolution. Totoo mang normal na araw ng linggo lamang ito para sa karamihan, ngunit para sa pamilya ng mga biktima ng diktaduryang rehimen na dinakip, pinahirapan, at pinatay noong Dekada ‘70, mahalaga ang araw na ito.

Kasama ng mga taong mulát sa mapait na kasaysayan at mga tunay na nakaranas ng mga pangyayari noon, patuloy nating inaalala ang kontribusyon sa rebolusyon ng mga nasawing aktibista; patuloy nating pinanindigan at ipinaglaban ang kalayaang mayroon tayo ngayon.

Muli nating alalahanin at bisitahin ang mga alaala ng mga Pilipinong naging biktima ng kawalang katarungan at mga abuso sa karapatang pantao ng mga Pilipino. Patuloy nating isapuso ang tunay na kahulugan ng kalayaan, ngayon at sa mga susunod pang pagkakataon, para sa mga susunod na henerasyon.

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Sulat ni: Kim Manzano
Guhit ni: Michael Ballesteros

26/02/2024

In truth, there is no sure way of holding other than by destroying.

You can administer an injury so terribly severe that it saves you from the dread of punishment you’ve imposed, hold people by their throats and destroy their vocal cords so they may never speak again. However, you cannot hold a pressured bottle by the neck and sit expecting that it wouldn’t pop open. The silence will eventually break, and you will realize that you have only caused a scene, left a mark, signal for remembrance—a spectacular fool out of yourself as the showmaker, the scriptwriter, the revisionist.

Today marks the 38th Anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, overthrowing the dictatorial Marcos regime and finally reestablishing democracy in the Philippines. 38 years from now, Filipinos were freed from the era of golden chains of being mercilessly suppressed, stifled, slaughtered. It is with great regret that it must be fought for once more to celebrate freedom in memory of the ways that the wars were fought with pens and roses, tearing away out of the dictator’s chokehold.

In the grip of his measly junior, now President Bongbong Marcos, EDSA People Power Revolution is not declared as an official holiday through proclamation 368, series of 2023. A slow pace of gradually changing views favorable to their legacy, a spoonful golden era fed only to themselves. Killing what has been once murdered, preserving the name proficient in playing victim.

In the absence of reason for commemoration, there is no remembrance, there is no curiosity sparked to understand what tales are whispered behind the curtains. But the calm is unsettling. Ink can spill. Roses have thorns. United we may stand, but united may we stand against.

Destroy your peace by holding your silence, or destroy the silence to hold your peace.

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25/02/2024

OPPOSE CHARTER CHANGE!

25/02/2024

‘NO TO CHARTER CHANGE!’

LOOK: Yesterday, Feb. 24, eve of the 38th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution, a banner expressing opposition to “Chacha” was hanged on the fence of St. James the Apostle Parish in Santiago City, Isabela.

‘NO TO CHARTER CHANGE!’

LOOK: Yesterday, Feb. 24, eve of the 38th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution, a banner expressing opposition to “Chacha” was hanged on the fence of St. James the Apostle Parish in Santiago City, Isabela. | 📷: Contributed photo via Kurt Adrian Dela Peña, INQUIRER.net

23/02/2024

PANOORIN: Simbolikong pinunit ng Movement Against Charter Change (MATCHA) ang Menu of Poverty na siyang naglalaman ng mga epekto ng Charter Change sa mga kabataan.

Ani ng alyansa, pagtuunan ng gobyerno ang tunay at dekalidad na edukasyon kaysa sa unahin ang pandayuhang interes.

23/02/2024

CONTINUATION | Youth groups united to launch Movement Against Charter Change (MATCHA) today, February 21, 2024 at the Commission on Human Rights.

The MATCHA alliance invites the youth to join the alliance against the impending Cha-Cha provisions of 100% foreign ownership as a threat to education, livelihood, and sovereignty.

23/02/2024

LIVE | Youth groups united to launch Movement Against Charter Change (MATCHA) today, February 21, 2024 at the Commission on Human Rights.

The MATCHA alliance invites the youth to join the alliance against the impending Cha-Cha provisions of 100% foreign ownership as a threat to education, livelihood, and sovereignty.

23/02/2024

PANOORIN: Pahayag ni Brell Lacerna, pambansang tagapagsalita ng College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) hinggil sa censorship ng administrasyon ng UST sa TomasinoWeb.

Ito ay bahagi ng candle lighting protest na isinagawa ng mga Thomasian nang Pebrero 19, 2024, bilang pagkundena sa ganitong uri ng represyon ng paaralan sa pahayagang pangkampus.

19/02/2024

CAMPUS JOURNO, WE ARE ALL TOMASINO WEB! JOIN THE DP BLAST NOW!

I, (name), am a campus journalist from (pub) and I stand against admin censorship on TomasinoWeb, known to faithfully represent the voice of the Thomasian community.

UST-OSA, with their long history of student repression, unmasked again its authoritarian face by power-tripping TomWeb to take down a Facebook article displaying Type B uniforms with a widely-known American convenience store chain in the background. Moreover, they demanded that the publication issue a public apology, citing public ridicule against UST over the matter.

This is a glaring attack to the editorial integrity on a Thomasian student organ, as they are stripped of the autonomy to report relevant campus matters free from bureaucratic threats and repression. Together, these are attacks against genuine academic freedom inside UST.

Henceforth, we stand against UST-OSA's malicious handling of the matter. These silence legitimate grievances and ignores diversity of discourses and genuine student concerns.

Together with TomWeb, we stand against repression. Together with Thomasians, we assert press freedom and genuine student rights.

We are all TomWeb!





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