MUCH of public and corporate media attention has been focused on the cancellation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the registration of online news site Rappler. But hardly any has been paid to several other cases indicative of the ongoing Duterte regime assault on other media organizations, free expression, press freedom, and what…
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer / January 09, 2021 By this time, Christine Dacera would have made her final journey home to her family in General Santos City (her interment is set for tomorrow, Jan. 10). But the questions around her death in a Makati hotel on New Year’s Day remain unanswered and, indeed, disturbing. This…
A group of neighbors and friends from Rizal Province were the first ones to submit signatures for the people’s initiative for an ABS-CBN franchise. The post People’s Initiative for an ABS-CBN franchise gets underway appeared first on Kodao Productions.
Mar 28, 2021, Rappler.com MANILA, Philippines The beauty queen takes the pageant stage to shed light on the dangerous fight for democracy in her home country Amid the glitz and glamor of the Miss Grand International 2020 coronation night, Myanmar candidate Han Lay took the stage to speak about the worsening situation in her country….
Oct 3, 2021 Don Kevin Hapal/ Raisa Serafica, Rappler.com MANILA, Philippines [EXCLUSIVE] Online information operations against activists and progressive groups take off from the Duterte government’s drug war playbook: attack online then kill Narratives pushed out by the propaganda network focus on the creation of an environment that enables – and justifies – violence by branding…
Datu Kaylo, Manilakbayan 2015 (Photo by Carlo Manalansan / Bulatlat) By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Manobo tribal chieftain Datu Kaylo, a consistent participant in the indigenous people’s Lakbayan to Manila to air their calls for self-determination, was reportedly killed by elements of the 3rd IB of the AFP Eastern Mindanao Command during its military…