On the first National Press Freedom Day, journalists highlight the increasing attacks against the Filipino media community and how laws were being used to silence the independent press.
Vice President Leni Robredo rallied her supporters to continue fighting even as she acknowledged that the voice of the people is getting "clearer and clearer."
A month before the elections, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) relaunched its Media Safety Office on April 13 as attacks against the Philippine press persist.