Court orders NTC: Stop blocking Bulatlat website

MANILA, Philippines — A Quezon City court yesterday ordered the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to stop blocking the website of alternative news organization bulatlat.com.

Judge Dolly Rose Bolante-Prado of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 306 granted the application for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction of Alipato Media Center Inc., which owns the online media outfit.

The court directed the NTC to refrain from enforcing its June 8 memorandum blocking the news website.

“The writ of preliminary injunction will remain effective until a final adjudication of the merits of the case has been made,” Prado said in a six-page resolution.

In the ruling, the judge said the requisites for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction were established.

In a post on Twitter, bulatlat.com lauded the court for upholding press freedom.