(Statement of the National Press Club of the Philippines on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2019)

ON the occasion of the celebration of the World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2019, the National Press Club of the Philippines (NPC), its affiliated media organizations all over the country, as well as other national media organizations committed in upholding genuine press freedom and the practice of journalism anchored on the Journalist’s Code of Ethics, hereby issue this statement. This is in the light of recent revelations that have clearly compromised the nobility of journalism as a profession and its graver consequence, the stability of Philippine democracy.

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