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Court Denies Unsay Ampatuan’s Bail Petitions

SEVEN YEARS after the trial began, the Quezon City Regional Trial Court finally resolved to deny last May 30 the bail petitions filed by the main accused in the... Read more

Maute in Marawi: Hazy Information at the Outbreak of Crisis

VIOLENCE STRUCK the province of Lanao del Sur anew when government troops clashed with the Maute group in Marawi City on the afternoon of May 23. Residents of... Read more

No, Thank You to EU: Where Does the PH Stand on Human Rights?

THE RELATIVELY brief history of PH-EU relations has been a good one, with clear benefits for the two partners in many ways. In recent years, the 28-member bloc... Read more

Looking Into Rice Importation

IN THE PHILIPPINES, few things are more important than rice, the supply and the cost of this basic food staple, which if not included in a meal, most Filipinos... Read more

Probing Philippines-China Business Relations

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte has been in office less than a year, but he has already gone on 20 trips abroad, eight of which were state visits, six were... Read more

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte has appointed several military men, retired and incumbent, to key positions in his administration. Several of his predecessors, including the late President Cory Aquino, had done... Read more

‘Spoiled and Rotten Information’: Debunking PNA’s Fake News

THE ADMINISTRATION of President Rodrigo Duterte has developed the habit of admonishing the media for reporting “fake news”— reports which are either critical of the administration, particularly its... Read more

Reporting “Glut” in Negros Energy Supply

WHILE SEVERAL provinces in the country have been hit by rotational power outages, Negros has an oversupply of renewable energy, totaling almost thrice the less-than-300 MW it needs.... Read more

The Media and Martial Law: Never Again

By Luis V. Teodoro PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao thrusts upon the media several responsibilities. These include closely looking into the reasons for the declaration, monitoring... Read more

Countering the Restrictive Definition of EJKs

TWO ONLINE publications have refuted a statement made by Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in defense of the Duterte administation’s war... Read more