"To conclude that the blocking was not due to the NTC Memorandum is simply an irrational insistence to ignore what is already obvious," the Quezon City court said.
Bulatlat said it welcomes the “apparent unblocking” of its website following the filing of a petition for indirect contempt against the NTC after the regulatory body allegedly continued to implement its memorandum to block access to the website of the independent news outlet.
Independent news site Bulatlat.com has asked the Quezon City court to cite in contempt the National Telecommunications Commission over its supposed continuous implementation of its memorandum to block access to its website despite an injunction order.
A Quezon City court has ordered the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) to cease blocking the website of independent media outlet Bulatlat, after it was accused of being affiliated with terrorist organisations. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), in welcoming the decision of the court to respect press freedom and uphold a free and independent media in the Philippines.
Bulatlat reported that they have scored a legal victory in a Quezon City court as it ordered the National Telecommunications Commission to stop implementing its blocking of the independent news outlet’s website.