By Ron Lopez and Cecil Morella/AFP • Aug 31, 2020
The closure of 53 regional ABS-CBN television and radio stations that broadcast in six languages will deprive millions of Filipinos of their main source of local news and entertainment

By Andrew Haffner • Jun 17, 2020
After the criminal conviction of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa on charges of cyber libel, the staff and attorneys of the embattled independent Filipino news outlet have no intention of giving up their mission says Managing Editor Glenda Gloria

By Alexi Demetriadi • May 20, 2020
In the Philippines, the future of ABS-CBN remains uncertain as a decision on whether to allow it to return to air meanders through the nation's political system. But in the newsroom, one of the network's few branches still operating, news chief Ging Reyes says there is a renewed drive and energy

By Tom Smith • May 07, 2020
With the closure of the Philippines largest television network ABS-CBN this week, press freedom looks at its weakest since the Marcos era. Dr Tom Smith argues that the move has merely cemented what many suspected – Rodrigo Duterte has embraced dictatorship