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Duterte: Hold Me Responsible for Killings in Drug Crackdown
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As cops kill 3-year-old girl in drug bust, Karapatan renews call to end Duterte’s drug war
“Despite the public outrage on Duterte’s war against illegal drugs that has killed thousands of individuals in police operations and vigilante-style killings, this regime seems relentless in pushing for an ineffective, militarist policy. The death of a 3-year-old girl is the tragic reflection of the irreparable damage and loss to Filipino families,” said Christina Palabay,…
Lift martial law in Mindanao now, Moro groups urge Duterte
Moro groups called for the immediate lifting of martial law in Mindanao and the pull-out of both Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and United States troops following President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of the liberation of Marawi City after five months of fighting. In a statement Thursday, Tindeg Ranao and Suara Bangsamoro said they find…
ALAB Analysis: Panggigipit sa mga batang Lumad
Human trafficking ng Lumad students ang paratang ng AFP at PNP sa mga delegado ng National Solidarity Mission. Pero ano ba ang nangyayari sa Lumad schools sa Davao del Norte? Panoorin ang ALAB Analysis kasama si Inday Espina-Varona. The post ALAB Analysis: Panggigipit sa mga batang Lumad appeared first on Altermidya.
Reality on the ground disproves Roque’s ‘excellent’ grade for COVID response
By: Kurt Dela Peña – Content Researcher Writer/INQUIRER.net / August 03, 2021 MANILA, Philippines—”We were excellent.” This was how presidential spokesperson Harry Roque described the Duterte administration’s COVID-19 response last March, a year after the pandemic reached Philippine shores initially through two Chinese tourists from Wuhan, a Chinese city where SARS Cov2, the virus that…
STATEMENT: Drop all charges vs. journos, no to attempted censorship by NutriAsia
The AlterMidya Network, a national network of independent media outfits in the Philippines, calls on the Philippine National Police and NutriAsia to drop all charges against the five journalists who were arrested while covering the dispersal of a strike by NutriAsia workers last July 30. AlterMidya also condemns the audacious move by NutriAsia to censor…