May 8, 2024, Jairo Bolledo In its decision, the High Court says inherent to red-tagging is the ‘use of threats and intimidation to discourage ‘subversive’ activities’ MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has finally defined red-tagging as an act that threatens individuals. In a 39-page decision penned by Associate Justice Rodil Zalameda, the High…
At least 8 of the people on the list are still alive, not captured, and have not been linked to the New People’s Army At a glance: Claim: A list of former UP students who joined the New People’s Army (NPA) are now dead or captured by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Rating:…
By: Christia Marie Ramos – Reporter /INQUIRER.net/ December 28, 2020 MANILA, Philippines—From unwrapping an immigration bribery scheme at the country’s main gateway, which has been christened pastillas scam, to digging into new reports of anomalies at Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) that led to the resignation of its president, the Senate found 2020 to be…
Vantage Point by Luis V. Teodoro, December 11, 2020 Whenever President Rodrigo Duterte’s military and police minions or he himself “red-tags”— or, as it was known in the 1950s, red-baits — a women’s organization, a journalists’ union or any other group that dares criticize the regime, they inevitably label it a “legal front” of the…
(Philstar.com) – December 7, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Different media groups and journalism educators on Monday backed alternative media network AlterMidya amid baseless red-tagging of an official of the government’s anti-communist task force. Eleven Philippine press groups and journalism professors condemned the “callous, dangerous and evidence-less” red-tagging of AlterMidya network by the executive director of…
By: Cristina Eloisa Baclig – Content Researcher/Writer/INQUIRER.net / December 04, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Rights group Karapatan on Friday filed a criminal complaint against three high ranking officials of the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and another government official over their alleged relentless red-tagging activities. In the complaint filed…
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer / November 07, 2020 Where do they find these people? Not for the first time under this administration, another dubious character has stepped up to the public stage to testify against a perceived enemy or enemies of the state. This time around, that dubious character is one Jeffrey “Ka Eric” Celiz,…
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer / October 30, 2020 Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. did not do himself, much less his fervent anti-insurgency cause, a favor when he went on social media last week to “warn” popular actress Liza Soberano against associating herself with the progressive Gabriela Youth group lest, he warned, she end up dead,…