Jul 19, 2021 Gelo Gonzales MANILA, Philippines About 50,000 phone records are found in a leaked list of surveillance targets by government clients around the world Governments around the world have been found to have used spyware called Pegasus – made by Israel’s NSO Group – to spy on civilians including journalists and human rights…
BERCHTESGADEN/BISCHOFSWIESEN, Germany — German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the flooding that has devastated parts of Europe as “terrifying” on Sunday after the death toll across the region rose to 188 and a district of Bavaria was battered by the extreme weather. Merkel promised swift financial aid after visiting one of the areas worst affected by…
By Veronica Silva CusiThe Philippine Reporter, Canada For an earlier issue (June 11 to 24, 2021), The Philippine Reporter spoke to him at length to help the Filipino community in Canada understand Indigenous Peoples in Canada and the Residential Schools. Owing to the vast insights and experience he shared as an Indigenous Filipino, this second…
Peter R. de Vries was well-known to the Filipino community and stood out for his fearless investigative reporting. Thus stated Grace Punongbayan, a migrant and human rights advocate who used to work with Migrante Europe – a service foundation for Filipino Migrants, in describing renowned investigative journalist Peter R. de Vries, who succumbed to his…
Jul 15, 2021, Lian Buan, Jodesz Gavilan MANILA, Philippines In the last five years, when scrutiny of the police intensified, the Commission on Human Rights noticed that killings in police operations declined and deaths by vigilantes increased At a glance: The police made it extremely hard for families to secure the documents necessary for filing…
By: Kurt Dela Peña – Content Researcher Writer / INQUIRER.net /July 14, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Many poor Filipino families might have thought they had already hit rock bottom before the COVID pandemic struck. At the bottom of many things, there would have been no option but to rise. But the bottom kept sinking deeper…
Philippine Daily Inquirer / July 14, 2021 Here’s a witty online quip: “How to say internet troll without saying internet troll? Social media specialist.” Provocatively said and reflecting present trends judging by declarations of disgust from such insiders as former personnel of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) that, in their time, never had there…
Published July 12, 2021, Manila Bulletin Online by Vanne Elaine Terrazola Twelve senators are calling for an investigation on reports that public funds are being spent on troll farms that spread misinformation thru social media. Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, and Senators Nancy Binay, Leila…