Antonio Trillanes IV Archives

Media report politicians’ claims at the expense of verification

JEERS TO media for the continued practice of reporting public accusations made against public figures without independent verification. Read more

Duterte done with politics? Inquirer.net runs non-story

JEERS TO Inquirer.net for picking up Harry Roque’s remark about Rodrigo Duterte’s political plans, or lack of it. Read more

From the Newsrooms: January 22 to 27, 2024

IF FORMER Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is to be believed, the investigative probe of the International Criminal Court into the Philippine drug war is done “as far as the... Read more

This Week in Media

The eruption of Taal volcano on July 1 cast the public in deeper gloom; but did not displace COVID-19 as the nation’s paramount fear or concern. But it... Read more

September 21: Then and Now

MANY WHO lived through the years of Martial Law, proclaimed by then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972, are gripped by a sense of déjà vu. The... Read more

Still on Trillanes Amnesty: Few Reports Questioned Court Ruling

MAKATI REGIONAL Trial Court (RTC) Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda on September 25 reopened the rebellion case against then Navy officer Antonio Trillanes IV that he had dismissed... Read more

Media on Trillanes’ Amnesty: Quick Resistance in Aid of Democratic Values

CHEERS! THE media has responded quickly to President Duterte’s most recent attempt to silence a critic, exposing the voiding of the grant of amnesty to Senator Antonio Trillanes... Read more

Checking Aguirre’s Claim

JUSTICE IS truth in action*. For democracy to work, government officials are expected to be truthful when speaking to the people, sharing factual and accurate information and opinion... Read more

Cheers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for regularly publishing background sidebars with some of their stories, particularly those that might have been long forgotten by the public. One example... Read more