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Drug czar on the move: More analysis, in depth reporting needed

VICE PRESIDENT Leni Robredo has wasted no time since she accepted her appointment as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD). As the so-called drug czar, Robredo... Read more

Weapons of Partisanship, Instruments of Abuse

THE PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) has filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) charges of sedition and obstruction of justice, among other offenses, against members of the opposition, lawyers,... Read more

DANGEROUS AND UNNECESSARY

IF PASSED INTO LAW, Senate Bill Number 9, the “Anti-False Content Act” would not only abridge free expression and press freedom that is protected by Article III Section 4... Read more

Amnesty International on the “Drug War”: Media Took Little Interest

AMID RISING international concern about the spate of killings in the Philippines, the London-based human rights group Amnesty International (AI) released a new report on the Duterte administration’s war... Read more

Reporting “Drug War” Deaths: Numbers Are Meaningless Without Analysis

IT HAS been three years since the Duterte regime’s “war on drugs” was implemented. Thousands of suspected drug users and pushers have been reported killed. But the exact number... Read more

Mistaken Identity? Police Release Columnist 9 Hours After Arrest

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested a columnist and development worker in Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental on 9 June 2019. The police later released the journalist... Read more

SC Orders Release of “Drug War” Records but Media Attention Wanes

THE SUPREME Court (SC) ordered the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to release police records documenting President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” on April 2. In an unexpected... Read more

All Aboard the Campaign Train: Nothing New, Hardly Relevant Coverage

FEBRUARY 12, the official start of the 2019 campaign, pushed into high gear media’s coverage of the May 19 midterm elections. But there was little that actually helped the... Read more

Policing the Police: The Inquirer on the PNP’s “Internal Cleansing”

Screengrab from Inquirer.net. CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its two-part report on the faulty internal mechanisms for police accountability. Inquirer reporters Krixia Subingsubing and Mariejo... Read more

GMA News Probes Integrity of Evidence in Drug Ops

CHEERS TO GMA News for a report that returned to a major aspect of police conduct in the government’s war on drugs. In a story that aired both... Read more