We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Verifying Duterte’s Stats CHEERS TO Rappler for verifying the accuracy of a statement by President Rodrigo Duterte about the number of police and military men who have died in the line of duty in the course of the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign. On Aug. 24, President Duterte claimed that an average... Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Media as Unwitting Accessory WHEN PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte made public the list of local government officials, judges and law enforcers allegedly involved in the drug trade, he did so with the caveat, that their involvement in the drug trade “might be true or might not be true ” – saying also that he... Taking a Stand: Journalism for Humanity IN JUST a short span of time, President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has already claimed hundreds of lives, alarming not only human rights groups but even officials as well as members of civil society. The death toll, which began to rise as early as Duterte’s landslide victory... Assessing the Cost of Duterte’s War on Drugs CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for a quick assessment of the record so far of the anti-illegal drugs campaign of the Duterte administration that the Philippine National Police (PNP) is currently implementing. The PCIJ piece, “Duterte’s war: Breaking Bad? Big kill of small fry, puny... War on Drugs: Mapping, Charting the Killings CHEERS TO ABS-CBNNews.com for providing a map and charts on the death toll in the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. On July 13, the news website of ABS-CBN 2 presented “MAP, CHARTS: The Death Toll of the War on Drugs,” which provided illustrated information on drug-related deaths per... Media on the ‘War on Drugs’ Recalling the Rights of the Accused CHEERS TO PhilStar.com for a timely and relevant look into the rights of individuals accused of crimes in the Philippines in the context of the “war on drugs” of President Rodrigo Duterte. The spike in the number of drug pushers and drug... Anti-Drug Campaign: Swallowing Everything the Police Says THE RECENT spate of killings and arrests of citizens suspected to be drug dealers and users has set in motion the six-month crime purge that newly elected President Rodrigo Duterte promised during the campaign. The death toll has risen to 59 since Duterte won the elections. Confessed drug users and... « Previous12
