Rights group links former officer’s disappearance to military
“Honey May has been with Karapatan for five years. In that period, she was subjected to multiple threats and malicious accusations peddled by the military,” the group’s current secretary general Jay Apiag said.
PH economy headed towards 3rd year of slow growth — IBON
IBON said that annual economic growth has been slowing since the start of the Duterte administration, falling from 6.9% in 2016, to 6.7% in 2017 and to 6.2% in 2018.
LODI asks Robredo to stop ‘disinformation’ surrounding drug war
“The answers to these and many other questions are important in assessing the conduct of the so-called drug war. Agencies and officials of government are duty-bound to provide the answers to taxpayers and all citizens,” LODI said.
Activists vow legal pushback vs state forces
Colmenares said those they intend to charge, both before trial courts and the Office of the Ombudsman, include the “generals, colonels,” and enlisted personnel of police and Army units that carried out the raids, prosecutors, judges who issue “fake” warrants, and the “false witnesses” on whose testimonies the warrants were based.’
Police sergeant, retired corporal and civilian to be charged for broadcaster’s murder
Philippine National Police-Negros Oriental acting director Colonel Julian Entoma said they have arrested and charged Police Corporal Glenn Corsame and civilian Teddy Reyes Salaw for Generoso’s murder.
Inflation slowing due to a sluggish economy — IBON
In Metro Manila, for example, the cost of pork, chicken, fish, eggs and many vegetables in the last week of October 2019 was much higher than in the same period last year.
32 nabbed in Bacolod raids freed
In what human rights advocates said was a clear victory and an indictment of government’s ham-fisted efforts to stifle dissent, 32 of 57 persons arrested and detained following simultaneous raids on what authorities claimed were communist rebel safehouses in Bacolod City on October 31 were released on Wednesday, November 6, after prosecutors cleared them.
Broadcaster shot dead in Dumaguete
Dindo Generoso was driving his car when he was shot dead by a lone gunman along Hibbard Avenue in Barangay Piapi around 7:30 a.m., the NUJP said citing a spot police report.
NUJP warns Badoy: You are accountable should red-baited journalists be harmed
“Clearly, the intent of this red-tagging spree and all other assaults on press freedom is to intimidate the independent media into abandoning their critical stance as watchdogs and become mouthpieces of government,” the NUJP said.
‘Press freedom is dead if Ampatuans not convicted’ – lawyer
“We are not sure of the 100% (all 197 accused), but we are sure that the principal accused will be convicted,” Santos said.