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 Duterteās 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 governmentās 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 publicĀ 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 āmight be true or might not be true ā ā saying also that he... Taking a Stand: Journalism for Humanity IN JUST a short span of time, President Rodrigo Duterteās 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 Duterteās landslide victory... Assessing the Cost of Duterteās War on Drugs CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for a quick assessment of the record so far of theĀ anti-illegal drugs campaign of the Duterte administration that the Philippine National Police (PNP) is currently implementing. The PCIJ piece, āDuterteās 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 andĀ charts on the death toll inĀ the Duterte administrationās war on drugs. On July 13, the news website of ABS-CBN 2 presented āMAP, CHARTS: The Death Toll of the War on Drugs,ā which provided illustrated information on drug-related deathsĀ per... Media on the āWar on Drugsā 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 āwar on drugsā 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. ConfessedĀ drug users and... « Previous12
