Sep 26, 2022 Editorial, Rappler.com Sa pagtapak ni Marcos sa US at pakikipaghuntahan kay Biden, malinaw ang mensahe ng long-time ally: bata namin ito tulad ng tatay niya. Lahat ng mata, nakatitig kay Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr nang siya’y muling tumapak sa Amerika nitong Setyembre 19 para dumalo sa United Nations General Assembly. Maraming dahilan,…
Marcos Jr.’s tour around New York City is a slap in the face of the Filipino people, given that the paper trail of plundered public funds by the Marcoses includes Marcos Sr.’s purchase of four New York City buildings as a gift to wife Imelda, while the dictatorship plunged the Philippines into mass joblessness and debt that is still being paid off by the Philippine people over three decades later.
Lucille Sodipe – Agence France-Presse September 20, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — American lawyer Thomas Jones still remembers the scars of Philippine torture victims he interviewed for Amnesty International inside the country’s detention centers in 1975 during the rule of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. But Marcos, who presided over widespread abuses and corruption during his 20…
Jul 25, 2022, Rappler.com Protesters chant, ‘Marcos, Duterte, walang pinag-iba’ MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) was met with protests, with groups demanding the leader to immediately act on soaring prices, human rights, and other national issues. Protesters marched along Commonwealth in Quezon City and called for…
Xave Gregorio – Philstar.com, July 6, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers part of the progressive Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives have refiled a bill seeking to grant ABS-CBN Corp. a new 25-year broadcasting franchise, in what they called a “challenge” for Congress. “This is a challenge for Congress to defy the rising tyranny,…
By: Daniza Fernandez – Reporter / INQUIRER.net / March 28, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte should enjoy his 77th birthday on March 28 as “it might be his last outside a prison cell,” the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said Monday. “In a few months, as soon as he steps down from…
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer /December 10, 2021 Netizens might describe it as long overdue, but Facebook (FB, now rebranded as Meta) has finally acknowledged its role in enabling “multiple human rights risks” in the Philippines, and has vowed to “stop coordinated campaigns” that manipulate public debate on its apps—especially in the face of the country’s…