PinoyMedia Center

PinoyMedia Center

PinoyMedia Center is a non-profit media organization. It publishes the alternative newsmagazine Pinoy Weekly and produces socially-relevant documentaries.

Statement | Martial Law-era harassment of documentary film screening ‘alarming’

PinoyMedia Center and the Free Jonas Burgos Movement cry harassment over the presence of group of fully armed members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) who made multiple visits to “Sine Henerasyon,” a screening of three new documentaries held at Bantayog ng Mga Bayani theater last February 28. Ironically, the films shown during that day—JL […]

VIDEO | Mamasapano: Ang Pinakahuling Disaster ni Aquino

Ano ang papel ni Pangulong Aquino at ng gobyerno ng Estados Unidos sa palpak na operasyon sa Mamasapano? Sa tinataguriang pinakahuling disaster sa ilalim ni Aquino, sumisigaw ng hustisya ang mga biktima, kasabay ng panawagan ng pagbibitiw ng pangulo. Sa video na ito, ipinapakita ang mga nasa likod ng Operation Wolverine. Ipinapakita rin ang epekto ng […]

Video Analysis | Missing Pope Francis

Pope Francis has touched the lives of many Filipinos. But is there a point to his visit that we may have missed? In this video analysis by PinoyMedia Center, Fr. Ben Alforque of People’s Committee to Welcome Pope Francis talks about how the pope’s progressive teachings are being suppressed, in the same way that Filipino […]

ESKINITA Episode 5 | #Throwback Kabataan

  Sa #Throwback Kabataan, inusisa ng Eskinita host na si Noel Colina kung ano na nga ba ang pag-asa ng mga kabataan na makapagtapos ng pag-aaral at matupad ang kanilang mga pangarap. Sa panayam sa mga kabataang tipikal at di-tipikal, makikita ang alternatibong mga pananaw sa edukasyon at pagsisilbi sa bayan.       Host: […]

PMC STATEMENT | House Bill 4807: An Intrusion on Press Freedom

We join photojournalists, photographers, videographers, filmmakers, and ordinary citizens who are appalled at the House of Representatives’ passage on second reading of House Bill 4807 or the Protection Against Personal Intrusion Act, also called as the “Anti-Selfie Act.” Ludicrous as the moniker, or popular name, of the said bill may sound, it is actually an […]

DOCUMENTARY | Holiday Bust

  A documentary on how one of the world’s top supplier of microchips used by popular brands such as Apple, Samsung, Bosch, Huawei, etc. treats its workers in the Philippines. Twenty-four union officials of NXP Semiconductors Cabuyao Inc. were illegally terminated in an attempt to destroy the country’s largest and oldest surviving worker’s union.   […]

ANIMATION | Pangarap Ko Sa Pilipinas

In the midst of poverty and crisis, a young girl dreams of a better country and governance for the Filipino people. This Public Service Announcement is a PinoyMedia Center (PMC) Production, produced by Koalisyon ng Progresibong Manggagawa at Mamamayan (KPMM)

VIDEO | Frontlines of the People’s SONA 2014

Citizens who held a “People’s SONA (State of the Nation Address)” to call for President Aquino’s accountability for the illegal Disbursement Acceleration Program and ouster for various “crimes against the people” were pushed back by water cannons along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. But the people stood their ground. Cinematography & Editing: Ilang-Ilang Quijano