By Lottie Salarda / NUJP Media Safety Office The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines-Batangas Chapter slammed a new Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Office IV-A policy disallowing members of the local media to access spot police reports “unless a clearance is secured from its national headquarters.” The policy has been enforced since June […]
Elderlies join nationwide walk event on mark elderly week
Sixty-seven-year old Ma. Cristina Teofilo walks with a limp as she keeps pace
with other senior citizens who are joining this annual commemoration of the Filipino Elderly Week on Monday.
‘Mababang tingin ni Duterte sa kababaihan’
“Ayaw namin kay Duterte dahil sa hindi maganda at mababa niyang pagtingin sa kababaihan.”—Gert Libang, Vice-Chairperson, Gabriela
Proposed Panguil Bay Bridge construction to start November
The proposed bridge that would connect Tubod, Lanao del Norte and Tangub City in Misamis Occidental is targeted to be completed by 2021, a DPWH-10 official said over the weekend.
Rights groups express alarm over intensified harassment
By Joseph Cuevas Karapatan and other progressive groups scored the government over recent incidents of harassments and red-tagging of progressive organizations and activists. Karapatan linked this series of attacks to the alleged ‘Red October’ destabilization plot the military and police said the Communist Party of the Philippines and other groups are about to launch this […]
Would CASER have prevented mining disasters?
SPECIAL REPORT By Raymund B. Villanueva National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Randy Malayao can only shake his head as he looked at photos of the landslide in Itogon, Benguet last month that reportedly killed 69 residents, majority of whom were miners and their families. Initial reports said the tragedy was brought […]
DOJ dismisses complaint vs Catanduanes gov over 1st media killing under Duterte
By Lottie Salarda “We were not surprised anymore,” Catanduanes journalist Marlon Suplig said after learning that the Department of Justice in Manila dismissed the murder complaint against Catanduanes Governor Joseph Cua and others over the murder of Catanduanes Now Publisher Larry Que in 2016. What surprised them was the failure of the DOJ to notify […]
ALAB Analysis: Taas-presyo, kaya bang pahupain?
Kaya pa ba ang sunud-sunod na pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin? Ano nga ba ang dapat gawin? Panoorin ang ALAB Analysis kasama si Sonny Africa ng IBON Foundation at Inday Espina-Varona.
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