Kristine Joy Patag (Philstar.com) – July 3, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Peace consultant Rey Claro Casambre has been detained since 2018 for a crime that he said he did not commit. While in jail, he found himself being accused in May of being a terrorist. Casambre was first included in the 2018 Department of Justice petition…
By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter /INQUIRER.net / July 03, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Senator Manny Pacquiao on Saturday claimed that several government transactions were marred by corruption, mentioning, in particular, the distribution of social amelioration program (SAP) subsidies through the use of e-wallets. Pacquiao said in a briefing that Starpay, an e-wallet application used…
Filipino Canadians in Politics By Lea LucianoThe Philippine Reporter (Canada), June 25, 2021 Breaking Invisibility is a 3-part conversation series that explores the challenges of the Filipino community engagement in leadership and politics. On June 19, 2021, the Philippine Advancement Through and Culture (PATAC) that hosts this series invited an intergenerational group of Filipino leaders…
Jun 28, 2021 Jairo Bolledo MANILA, Philippines Stricter gun control ‘would be a better solution,’ says former police chief Senator Panfilo Lacson Senator Panfilo Lacson, a former police chief, criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest proposal to arm civilians, even as the Philippine National Police (PNP) said their commander in chief’s idea aims “purely” to protect…
By: Marlon Ramos – Reporter/Philippine Daily Inquirer / June 26, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute is not a free pass for President Duterte to escape the judicial mantle of the International Criminal Court (ICC) or evade accountability for the deaths of thousands of alleged victims of his brutal war…
By: Krixia Subingsubing – Reporter/Philippine Daily Inquirer / June 24, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A recent series of cyberattacks to temporarily block access to the websites of two alternative news organizations and the human rights group Karapatan were traced to computer networks of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Philippine Army, according…
By: Tetch Torres-Tupas – Reporter /INQUIRER.net/June 24, 2021 MANILA, Philippines—Former President Benigno Aquino III will be remembered for being the one who took the initiative to assert Philippine sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea. A dispute between China and the country was brought before the Permanent Court of Arbitration during his term as president. For…
By Mario Alvaro Limos, Esquire Philippines, 18 June 2021 Facebook has started labeling what it believes to be state-controlled media organizations in the Philippines. The measure seeks to hold pages accountable. “We hold these Pages to a higher standard of transparency because we believe they combine the influence of a media organization with the backing of…