Department of Justice Archives

Media still fixated with Rodrigo Duterte, ready to provide positive coverage

TWO YEARS out of office, Rodrigo Duterte continues to retain his popularity, capturing media attention with his statements as he did when he was in office. The polling firm... Read more

Roque flees to UAE: Rappler shows up the fugitive’s route to evade the law

CHEERS TO Rappler for its report on the qualified human trafficking complaint against Harry Roque and how this would proceed now that Roque has fled the country. Read more

Garma escapes! How serious is government’s fight against drugs?

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte’s “war on drugs” was out to implement the “Davao model” nationwide. Testifying at the House Quad committee hearings, Ret. Police Colonel Royina Garma described the system... Read more

Legal actions recommended to deal with vice president’s “meltdown”

THE HOUSE order to transfer Zuleika Lopez, Vice President Sara Duterte’s chief of staff, to the Women’s Correctional Facility provoked Duterte to hold her furious virtual press conference at... Read more

Community journalist Cumpio takes witness stand after four years

FOUR YEARS after her arrest, journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio on November 11 took to the witness stand, finally able to defend herself. Cumpio, the executive director of Tacloban-based online... Read more

Who dropped the ball? Reports on Guo’s escape should focus on accountability

Only Rappler, in a report written by Jairo Bolledo and published on August 21, called attention to the government’s lack of haste and urgency in preventing Guo’s departure. Read more

From the Newsrooms: April 7 to 20, 2024

“IT’S COMPLICATED.” The two words were all President Marcos Jr. had to say about his relationship with the Duterte family. Read more

From the Newsrooms: March 24 to April 6, 2024

Reportage on the West Philippine Sea hit new ground with the revelation of an alleged “gentleman’s agreement” between President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese Presidednt Xi Jinping. Read more

De Lima granted bail in third and last drug case

AFTER SIX YEARS, eight months and 21 days, Leila de Lima gained freedom after posting bail of PHP 300,000. Arrested and detained in February 2017, she spent nearly seven... Read more

Pressed at a Presser: NTF-Elcac caught off guard by activists in own presscon

IN AN unexpected turn of events, a press conference organized by military officials belied the claim of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) and... Read more