Philippines: Outlet withdraws article on alleged lawmaker university donation

The online news publication Inquirer.net withdrew an article detailing an alleged donation by the House of Representatives speaker to Boston’s Harvard University in exchange for a Filipino language course. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in expressing its deep concern over the withdrawal and calling on Filipino media outlets to uphold their commitments to press freedom and discourage self-censorship.

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