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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...

‘Pro-Duterte NPA Rally’: Inaccurate, Misleading

JEERS TO CNN Philippines’ Network News for its inaccurate tagging of a rally in support of peace talks as “pro-Duterte” and its participants as members of the New People’s Army (NPA). On Tuesday, June 28, Network News aired a report on the rally of activists and militant groups...

Feeding Frenzy: Journalists’ Shameful Treatment of ASG Victim

JEERS TO several journalists for aggravating the trauma of a recently freed kidnap victim by asking questions that forced her to relive her experience in the hands of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). Held captive by the ASG for more than nine months, Marites Flor was finally released...

‘Van Rape’ Survivors: Violated Twice Over

JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol and GMA-7’s 24 Oras for interviewing rape survivors in a manner that practically forced them to relive their ordeal. On June 10, two passengers of an unregistered passenger van were robbed and raped by alleged suspects Wilfredo Lorenzo and Alfie “Buddy” Turado....

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

‘Pro-Duterte NPA Rally’: Inaccurate, Misleading

Feeding Frenzy: Journalists’ Shameful Treatment of ASG Victim

‘Van Rape’ Survivors: Violated Twice Over

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Revisiting CHR probe on the Davao Death Squad 