By: Krixia Subingsubing, Marlon Ramos – @inquirerdotnet, Philippine Daily Inquirer /June 29, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — The “gods of Padre Faura” have cleared the way for Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s inauguration as the 17th president of the Philippines. Voting 13-0 with two abstentions, the Supreme Court threw out the legal challenges to Marcos Jr.’s presidential candidacy,…
IOM Full Report below Philstar.com, June 28, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — A global panel of international election observers called the May elections “a classic ‘guns, goons, and gold’ contest” that it said was “not free, honest, or fair by international standards”. They cited on-ground monitoring of the May 9 polls. To date, there have been…
Jun 29, 2022, Jairo Bolledo Human Rights Watch official Phil Robertson says the move is meant to silence Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and shut down Rappler by hook or by crook MANILA, Philippines – Two days before outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte steps down from office, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reaffirmed its decision to…
Philippine Daily Inquirer /June 28, 2022 Have all those fears about the anti-terrorism law being used to go after government critics and stifle legitimate dissent finally come to pass? It would appear so, following the outgoing administration’s last-ditch move to block internet access to groups it had accused of being communist fronts or terrorist groups….
By Jeline Malasig, June 29, 2022, Interaksyon.philstar.com The revocation also applies to Rappler Holdings Corporation, its parent organization. The hashtag “#DefendPressFreedom” landed on local Twitter’s trending list as entities and individuals expressed support for news company Rappler, Inc. following an affirmation of a 2018 decision to revoke its certificates. This was announced by Rappler chief…
Jun 26, 2022, Jodesz Gavilan Families, human rights groups, and other stakeholders bank on the ICC to bring justice to thousands of victims, as domestic mechanisms prove to be ineffective in the quest for accountability in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines – Developments continue to unfold at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in relation to the…
Cecil Morella – Agence France-Presse June 27, 2022, Philstar.com MANILA, Philippines — Six years after four policemen burst into her Manila slum shack and shot dead her husband and teenage son, Mary Ann Bonifacio fears for her own life as she fights for justice. Bonifacio is pursuing the men in court in the hope of proving…
Sep 19, 2020, Camille Elemia Marcos controlled people’s access and the kind of information they got and made sure he has the final say on his so-called truth When the late ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos imposed Martial Law on September 21, 1972 via Proclamation 1081, the first casualty was the country’s free press and mass…