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 PNP’s Claim: No EJKs, Only Homicide “PERSISTENT AND irritating” was how Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald Dela Rosa described the supposed misuse of police data by the media and Vice President Leni Robredo in claiming that the government’s war on drugs have resulted into more than 7,000 deaths. The continued coverage on the... Reviewing the Impeachment Process FILIPINOS ARE not strangers to the idea of impeachment. Recent political history saw the impeachment of a sitting president, Joseph Estrada; an incumbent chief justice of the Supreme Court, Renato Corona; not to speak of five failed impeachment complaints against former President Gloria Arroyo. An impeachment complaint was... Tokhang Take Two: Covering the PNP’s Return to the Drug War WITHIN SEVEN months of President Duterte’s drug war, over 7,000 persons have been killed by police or by so-called vigilantes/unidentified assailants.  Meanwhile two major scandals revealed the involvement of ranking officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in criminal activities including illegal drugs: the murder of Albuera, Leyte... Water Under The Bridge: Sidelining Lascañas’ Testimony IS THE involvement of Rodrigo Duterte, then mayor of Davao City, in the killings perpetrated by the Davao Death Squad a dead issue? A member of the DDS came forward to testify before the Senate on March 6 to detail his participation in the notorious group, its links... CA Rejects Yasay: Media Follow Paper Trail “I AM a Filipino citizen. I am not an American, I am not a dual citizen, I am not stateless. I am a Filipino citizen, and I am a Filipino in thought, in word, and in deed.” Hounded by the doubts about his ineligibility for government office, Perfecto Yasay... Looking Into Land Conversation PHILIPPINE POPULATION growth which has not abated urges a policy discussion about land use. People occupy space, with a measure of quantity for quality of life. Unfortunately, this has not been a hot-button topic and the media have mostly kept it on the back burners waiting for attention. A... Senator in Peril: Covering Leila De Lima’s Arrest POLITICS IS dirty. But nothing in the past could rival the tawdriness and cruelty of the campaign to bring down Senator Leila de Lima, driven by key members of the Duterte administration and the majority coalition in the two houses of Congress, including her colleagues in the Liberal Party... Missing Information and Justice Stalled: What is Known About the Davao Death Squad EVEN WITH the testimonies of Retired SPO3 Arturo Lascanas and Edgar Matobato, many feel that there is not enough evidence to prove that there were death squads operating in Davao City. The public has obviously taken the lead of the Senate where most of the members have tended to... 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... « Previous1…106107108109110…202Next »
