Human rights watchdog Karapatan strongly warned that the proposals to reimpose death penalty for drug-related offenses “would only further institutionalize the already ongoing State-sanctioned carnage of the poor,” as President Rodrigo Duterte pushed for the swift passage of a law reviving capital punishment by lethal injection during his fifth State of the Nation Address on…
In a picket protest June 11, consumers and activists held a protest action before Meralco’s office to slam Meralco’s planned rate hike. The protesters said a rate hike amid inflationary times would drive poor families into more economic hardships. They also blamed President Rodrigo Duterte for his government’s failure to alleviate the poor and moderate…
The proliferation of various investment scams has no effects on the continuing economic growth in Davao City.
(Philstar.com) – December 12, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Pro-Marcos books, heritage sites and online disinformation are linked with one another, researchers from the University of the Philippines found according to a report by VERA Files. Researchers Miguel Paolo Reyes and Joel Ariate Jr. found that books written in favor of the Marcoses were written by…
May 8, 2022, Gerardo Eusebio A #FactsFirstPH study looks back at the use and spread of fake news and propaganda in the elections in 2016 and 2019 and propaganda in the elections in 2016 and 2019 “Fake News, Internet Propaganda, and Philippine elections: 2016 to 2019” is a study presented in a #FactsFirstPH research briefing held on…
Q&A with San Francisco State University student Mari Ramos By: Jun Nucum – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net US Bureau /May 26, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – Many students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at universities nationwide, including Filipino Americans, have faced a range of repercussions, from arrests to suspensions. Eliana Atienza – the daughter of TV personality Kim Atienza…