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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...

Victory at The Hague: Reporting the PCA Ruling

THE MUCH-AWAITED ruling on the Philippine complaint against China over the latter’s intrusions into Philippine waters was finally handed down on Thursday, July 12, by the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). The Philippine media have noted the tension in the disputed area since 2011, the controversial 2012 naval...

Reporting Non-news

JEERS TO several news media organizations for making a fuss over an unverified announcement by musician Freddie Aguilar on his supposed appointment to the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA). The possibility of Aguilar’s appointment to the NCCA had been mentioned as early as...

Children and Crime: A Closer Look

CHEERS TO BusinessMirror for a series of reports that looked into the plight of children in conflict with the law in the context of new proposals in Congress to lower the age of criminal liability, from the present 15 to nine years old. The first part of the...

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...

In the Know: Providing Background Information

CHEERS to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for providing background information on past government bodies tasked to look into the killing of journalists. The Inquirer published the banner story “Probe of media slays given to superbody” on July 11, on Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar’s announcement about an administrative...

Revisiting CHR probe on the Davao Death Squad 

CHEERS TO Rappler for a report recalling the 2012 resolution of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) which recommended for investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman — the “possible administrative and criminal liability” of then Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for the numerous killings committed in Davao City. CHR...

Responsible Mining: A Closer, More Intelligent Look

CHEERS TO CNN Philippines and the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) for looking into responsible mining in light of the designation of Gina Lopez, as secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Ms. Regina Lopez, the sister of Eugenio Lopez III, has been a staunch and...

Ideology and Ransom: The Abu Sayyaf and Rebel Groups

“ARE THEY willing to talk or do we just fight it out?” President Rodrigo Duterte, who was sworn into office Thursday, June 30, said this before his supporters in Cebu on June 25. The question came after Filipina Marites Flor was released by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)...

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...

War on Drugs: Mapping, Charting the Killings

Victory at The Hague: Reporting the PCA Ruling

Reporting Non-news

Children and Crime: A Closer Look

Media on the ‘War on Drugs’

In the Know: Providing Background Information

Revisiting CHR probe on the Davao Death Squad

Responsible Mining: A Closer, More Intelligent Look

Ideology and Ransom: The Abu Sayyaf and Rebel Groups

Anti-Drug Campaign: Swallowing Everything the Police Says

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Revisiting CHR probe on the Davao Death Squad 