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On Local Fishermen and China’s Aquaculture Technology

THE INQUIRER’s report “Zambales fishers won’t take Chinese bait,” gave readers an interesting view of one bilateral exchange between counterparts in China and the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called China pivot was widely covered by the media, mostly in anticipation of expanded commerce and economic investments to be made...

Killers Still At Large: The Myth of Law and Order

DEVELOPMENTS IN President Duterte’s war on drugs have raised issues which have been largely ignored by the administration and consequently, hardly touched in the news. The scandal which exposed the involvement of ranking police officers of the Anti-Illegal Drugs Group (AIDG) in the kidnap-slay case of Korean businessman...

Mining Crackdown: Digging for Context in a Minefield of Issues

IT WAS not exactly a loving message on February 14; at least, not for the mining industry, especially the workers threatened with the loss of livelihood. When Secretary Regina “Gina” Lopez of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ordered the sudden closure of 23 mines and...

Napoles Trial: Examining the SolGen’s Move to Acquit Napoles

THE INFAMOUS Janet Lim Napoles is back in the news, courtesy of government’s principal lawyer, Solicitor General Jose Calida. Napoles is the central figure in the P10-billion pork barrel scam in 2013. The corruption scandal implicated prominent politicians who were arrested and detained on charges of plunder, a...

Reporting the Surigao Quake: Coping with the Aftermath, Preparing for the “Big One”

IN THE Philippines, tremors happen almost every day; many occurring without notice except by the agencies and experts involved. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) the country experienced 467 “seismic events” in first two months of 2017 before the 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Surigao...

Erring Cops in Malacañang: Miscommunication Between Commander-in-Chief and PNP

JEERS TO the media for failing to point out the seeming disconnect between President Rodrigo Duterte and the Philippine National Police (PNP) authorities on the erring cops who were presented to the president in Malacañang. The kidnap-murder of the Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo in October 2016 –...

Behind the Scenes: Korean Mafia in the Philippines?

THE KIDNAP and killing of Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo unmasked the corruption and criminality within the ranks of the Philippine National Police (PNP), prompting President Duterte to dissolve the PNP Anti-Illegal Drugs Group (AIDG) and to halt drug-related operations of the police, which are now assigned to...

Collapse of Peace Talks: Voices for Peace

SO SWEET to begin with, how did it turn sour so soon? The prospects for peace on this front had never seemed brighter, given the initiatives made by President Rodrigo Duterte to welcome the communists to the negotiating table. No other president seemed as open to the Left than...

Caught in a Tight Spot: “Tokhang for Ransom” and Kidnap-slay Controversy

“THIS IS your police… We serve and protect,” says the message on a wall by the gate of Camp Crame, the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) headquarters along Edsa in Quezon City. But what if the protector becomes the assailant—which seems to be the situation for the national police...

Reporting Project NOAH’s Contribution to Effective Disaster Response

CHEERS TO Rappler for a piece enumerating contributions of Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) in disaster management in light of the recent news of its impending closure of due to lack of funding. Rappler’s “How does Project NOAH contribute to PH’s disaster management?” recounted the important...