Notes of caution on Duterte’s preferred constitutional overhaul

Maria Ressa during today’s hearing in Manila (Photo by Rein Tarinay / Bulatlat) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Various groups assailed today yet another attack against press freedom in the country, with a Manila court handing down a guilty verdict against Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa and their former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr….

ABS-CBN employees and supporters join #SONAgkaisa protest, July 27. (Photo by Aaron Macaraeg/Bulatlat) “Never since the late unlamented Marcos dictatorship has a president ever deigned to shut down the independent media and stifle criticism and dissent.” By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA– For the first time, former ABS-CBN senior correspondent Ces Drilon went to a…