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 Advertorials for mask product sideline public safety issue JEERS TO Inquirer.net for running two advertorials about a face mask in the market whose effectivity in preventing COVID-19 transmission has been questioned by medical professionals. âCopperMaskâ has been endorsed by showbiz celebrities. Some government officials have also appeared in public wearing this mask, or promoted the product in... Dacera case: Media echo, fail to check sloppy police work IT HAD all the elements of the sensational. A young flight attendant had been found unconscious in a posh Makati hotel room on New Yearâs Day. She was brought to the Makati Medical Center by her friends who were staying with her in the hotel. But Christine Dacera was... Vaccinations in secret: Media miss public safety issue IT CAME straight from the horseâs mouth. Last December 26, President Rodrigo Duterte announced in a public address that âalmost allâ soldiers have been inoculated with the Chinese anti-COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm, which, along with all other vaccines has yet to be approved as the law requires by the Philippinesâ... âIsolated incident?â THE COLD-BLOODED double-murder of a woman and her son by an off-duty policeman in Tarlac rocked the nation just a few days before Christmas. Footage of Police SMSgt. Jonel Nuezca shooting Sonya and Frank Gregorio point-blank in the presence of his own daughter went viral on December 21. The... Lack of context in government testing policy THE PUBLIC clamor for mass testing began as early as March 2020 when the World Health Organization (WHO) advised all countries to “test, test, test” in order to curb the spread of COVID-19. But government just couldnât muster the resources nor the capacity to implement the strategy. Proceeding in... Media on the questionable arrests of the âHuman Rights Day 7â ON DECEMBER 10âHuman Rights Day no lessâthe PNP arrested a journalist and six activists on charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives as part of what critics denounced as a questionable string of such arrests. Lady Ann Salem, editor of online news site Manila Today, was arrested at... Justice for judges: Rappler flags impunity in lawyer killings NOT EVEN those who administer justice are spared from the countryâs culture of violence and impunity. Since Duterte became president in 2016, 54 lawyers, prosecutors and judges have been murdered. As the number of killings continues to grow, justice remains elusive for the victims. Of the 54 killings documented... The Sub Judice rule and cases of public interest SEN. LEILA de Limaâs trial has moved at a snailâs pace, dragging on for more than three years since her arrest in February 2017. Charged with conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading, she is detained without bail. It took 18 months after her arrest for her arraignment to take... Cheers! Philstar.com documents poor Senate record as watchdog against abuse ONLY TWO senators dissented when the Senate passed its third and final version of the Anti-Terrorism Bill in February, amidst protests about the potential for abuse in the implementation of the law and senatorsâ assurances about sufficient safeguards. The now-enacted Anti-Terrorism Act has since been challenged by numerous petitions... Rappler looks into Duterteâs many task forces THE GOVERNMENT is not new to national task forces, special bodies formed by the president to address urgent matters. President Duterte has created 16 task forces so far, perhaps more than any of his predecessors had done. Obviously, task forces are only as good as the people running them.... « Previous1…5960616263…202Next »
