The political left has accused President Rodrigo Duterte of leaning farther toward Martial Law, and said the President has made his idol the late strongman, Ferdinand Marcos, who declared martial rule in the 1970’s.
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“Duterte degrades and threatens women”: Women testify at the International Tribunal
[Brussels, 19 September] Women’s voices were at the forefront in the two-day International Peoples’ Tribunal on the Philippines. Testimonies from women human rights defenders and family members of political prisoners or victims of extrajudicial killings, demonstrate the impact of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s policies on women, and how they harken back to earlier repressive eras.
Duterte regime using an old, dirty tactic as bomb threats plague Metro Manila universities days before Sept. 21 – Karapatan
Both Mapua University and the
University of Sto. Tomas were on high alert after bomb threats sent via text
messages circulated on social media on September 18 and September 19,
respectively. The threats were allegedly sent by the New People’s Army (NPA), a
matter vehemently denied by the group, even calling the bomb scare as “cowardly
threats”.
Authorities who investigated the
reports said that it was a false alarm in both cases.
Int’l tribunal finds Duterte ‘guilty’ of slaughter and other crimes
The International People’s Tribunal (IPT) held in Brussels, Belgium found President Rodrigo Roa Duterte “guilty” in a two-day hearing held in Brussels, Belgium. After hearing 31 testimonies and experts’ reports on Duterte’s alleged crimes, including his government’s war on drugs that has killed at least four thousand victims, as well as “essentially genocidal war especially […]
NUJP: Let ethics always be our guide
This week, media took a huge, self-inflicted hit at a time when the industry and individual journalists continue to be vilified and threatened by those who would seek to undermine the profession of truth to advance their nefarious agenda. Recently, some radio stations were monitored to have posted on their social media assets lewd pictures […]
NUJP calls out malicious post against PDI reporter
NUJP hit out Phil Leaks, a dubious Facebook group, that targeted Philippine Daily Inquirer reporter Julieta S. Alipala, and accused her of being “a paid propagandist of the bandit group Abu Sayyaf.”
Duterte ouster more likely than CPP’s defeat, Sison says
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison laughed off President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that the revolutionary movement would be finished by the middle of next year. Sison said he thinks Duterte is taking too much of the anti-pain drug Fentanyl, leading him to have “pipe dreams.” “Duterte is delusional by claiming that […]