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UN Rights Body Resolution: Reactions Bury Some Exceptions
FROM ITS early months in 2016, the government’s campaign against illegal drugs has been confronted with protest against human rights violations in its implementation. But nothing has effectively restrained... Read more
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House Speakership Coverage: Spotlight on the Dutertes
PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte broke yet another promise with his meddling in the race for House speakership. Despite his earlier assurance that he would stay neutral on the issue, the... Read more
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Amnesty International on the “Drug War”: Media Took Little Interest
AMID RISING international concern about the spate of killings in the Philippines, the London-based human rights group Amnesty International (AI) released a new report on the Duterte administration’s war... Read more
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Youngest Drug War Victim’s Death: Media Echo Official’s Indifference
JEERS TO the media for their uncritical reporting on the latest child casualty in the Duterte “drug war,” with coverage so bereft of context. Three year-old Kateleen Myca Ulpina... Read more
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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (July 6 to July 12)
Malaya Business Insight, July 9, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 9, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, July 10, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 10, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, July 12,... Read more
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Exploring Corporate Impact Program
THOMSON REUTERS Foundation (TRF), in partnership with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), is calling for applicants to “Exploring Corporate Impact Programme,” an intensive three-day workshop aimed at enabling them to... Read more
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Radio Broadcaster Shot Dead in North Cotabato
CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A news anchor and former station manager of dxKE 97.5 Brigada News FM was shot dead in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato 10 July 2019. Kidapawan is 1583... Read more
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Tooting the Palace Horn: Malacañang PR for Banner
THE DUTERTE Administration has been most adept in the use of propaganda for everything it does; social media influencers supplement the messages that run freely through government media. It... Read more
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PPI Elects New Officers
THE PHILIPPINE Press Institute (PPI) has elected its new officers. Manila Standard publisher Rolando Estabillo is the PPI’s new chairman and president. He will replace outgoing chairperson Alfonso Pedroche,... Read more
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The Recto Bank “Incident”: Government Narrative Trumps Survivors’ Accounts
ALMOST A month after the incident, public interest has remained fixed on the issues raised by the ramming and sinking of the Filipino fishing vessel in the West Philippine... Read more