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Rappler, Ressa acquitted of 5th tax evasion case

ON SEPTEMBER 12, Pasig City Regional Trial Court Branch 157 acquitted Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) and its president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa of the fifth tax... Read more

People’s feedback on De Lima’s acquittal

THE ACQUITTAL of Leila de Lima on May 12 was met with public approval, promptly expressed by Filipinos coming from such diverse backgrounds as to mirror the public mood... Read more

Degamo coverage: A case for reform of the election law

MEDIA HAVE not ceased in their coverage to follow up on the assassination of Roel Degamo, governor of Negros Oriental, with eight others killed and 17 injured. Accounts quoted... Read more

ICC denies PH request to suspend investigation

THE PHILIPPINE government has been consistent in its response to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation of drug-related crimes. Stated repeatedly and with slight variations on the theme, the... Read more

Quick Turnaround: Justice Secretary’s son cleared in speedy trial

THE DRUG case filed against Juanito Jose Remulla III, son of the Secretary of Justice (SOJ) Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, had been hounded by controversy since news of it... Read more

A Step Towards Justice: Media Report “Drug War” Victim’s Corrected Cause of Death Certificate

CHEERS TO reports which called attention to the need for truth and accuracy in the documentation of deaths involved in Rodrigo Duterte’s “drug war.” Going back to the falsification... Read more

One Balita Pilipinas interview bares government ignorance of SOGIE and LGBT rights

CHEERS TO One PH’s One Balita Pilipinas for its interview on November 21 countering the skewed and discriminatory statements of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla. The interview asked a... Read more

The Percy Lapid Case: ‘On the Job’s’ Macabre Premise Realized

THE INVOLVEMENT of several inmates and some still unnamed prison officials in the killing of journalist Percy Lapid recalls what was presented as fiction in the film franchise “On... Read more

Special Treatment or Considerate Handling: PDEA Double Standard Observed in Remulla Son’s Case

THE MEDIA reported the arrest last October 11 of a certain Juanito Jose Diaz Remulla III, who turned to be the son of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla.... Read more

Two Birds with One Stone: Marcos Jr’s Policies on China and the US

WHEN CAMPAIGNING for the Presidency, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. described Duterte’s China policy of avoiding confrontation in the West Philippine Sea as the ”right way to go.” There are signs, however, that... Read more