Mission and Vision

 VISION AND COMMITMENT of UNANG ALYANSANG PAMBANSA AT LOKAL NA UGNAYANG MAMAMAHAYAG-MANGGAGAWA (1ST-APLUMA)

In 2009, more or less 30 members of Philippine media, composed mostly of pronvincial correspondents, were brutally killed in Maguindanao while performing their duties as members of the FOURTH STATE.

The incident has brought to forth the plight of provincial correspondents and their families who rely mainly on the pittance fee of correspondents. Correspondents are paid by the measure, column inches of their published stories even as photojournalists are paid by published pictures nothing more, nothing less. They have no security of tenure nor insurance for their families. No social or occupational security no matter how hazardous their course of duty may be. They are only as good as their last story/photo filed.   

So that, finally, those who have less in life should have more in law. And have it more abundantly.

Nearly fifty (50) years ago today, a former president of the Republic of the Philippines—newly elected then—vowed to use the law to uplift the social, political and economic status of the country’s largely poor, marginalized people.

Unfortunately, the said former president was never given enough time and opportunity to make good on his promise.

And nobody cared, since then.

This is the reason why we, the members of UNANG ALYANSANG PAMBANSA AT LOKAL NA UGNAYANG MAMAMAHAYAG-MANGGAGAWA (1ST-APLUMA) bonded together with a vision to continue whatever work was left out to uplift the social, political and economic status of underemployed national and provincial journalists.

While 1st-APLUMA is initially concentrating on the plight of UNDEREMPLOYED JOURNALISTS, we are confident that we will be able to expand our MEMBERSHIP to cover the entire country and ultimately fight for the rights of all who belong to all the marginalized sectors of Philippine society.

1st-APLUMA firmly believes that the equal application of the law to everyone will inevitably lead to the upliftment of the social, political and economic status of the marginalized sectors in the county.

To these aspirations, we pledge even our lives.


PROGRAM OF ACTION/GOVERNMENT of  UNANG ALYANSANG PAMBANSA AT LOKAL NA UGNAYANG MAMAMAHAYAG-MANGGAGAWA (1ST-APLUMA)

With nothing but the best interests of our brothers and sisters in media in our hearts and minds, we hereby affirm the following objectives:

*To work for the upliftment of their conditions, especially with their nature of work and job security, mental and spiritually.

* To work for the enactment of laws and the amendment of existing ones that will uplift the social, political and economic status of the marginalized sectors of the Philippine society.
* To work for the establishment of avenues/forums whereby the opinion/ideas/suggestions of the marginalized sectors of Philippine society on matters affecting them may be heard and/or ventilated.

* To uphold and promote their basic human rights as marginalized sector of Philippine society.

* To ensure that the marginalized sectors of Philippine society will have  greater—if not free—access to courts where they can assert their social  and political rights and/or seek protection of the law for these socio-political rights.