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  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

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  Infant’s horrific death exposes media’s bias against people who use drugs

  JEERS TO some primetime news broadcasts for airing incomplete reports on an infant’s death in Cainta, Rizal, that merely parroted claims by police sources and pursued the drug angle... Read more

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  Rappler lists reports on Duterte’s drug war

  CHEERS TO Rappler for its compilation of reports that reviewed former President Rodrigo Duterte’s “drug war.” The report echoed the message of human rights advocates now that the strongman... Read more

• Setting a good example

  CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Failon Ngayon for exploring the issue of “hulidap” (arrest hold-up) which led in turn to the investigation on the allegedly unexplained wealth of the Police... Read more

• Correspondent mauled for alleged ‘bias’

  POLICE OFFICERS mauled a correspondent-photojournalist covering the supposed raid by disaster victims of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) office in Davao City last 27 February 2013.... Read more

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  Being pro-active

  JOURNALISTS AND media advocacy groups have for years been urging a stop to the Philippine National Police and other government investigating bodies’ long-standing practice of presenting crime suspects to... Read more

• PNP fails to implement own guidelines during Aug. 23 hostage taking

  by Rupert Francis Mangilit The Aug. 23 hostage taking showed severe lapses on how the Philippine police manage crisis situations, including its capacity to deal with the press,  despite... Read more

• Local police chief threatens radio journalist

  CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine National Police has ordered the temporary relief of a town police chief after his alleged 20 May 2010 harassment of a Manila-based radio broadcaster. The... Read more