In its 2024 Press Freedom Index, RSF categorized the Philippines to be under difficult conditions with Eastern Vista’s Frenchie Mae Cumpio listed as an ongoing press freedom violation by the government.
The victims (journalists and information officers) are not members of the NPA. The trumped-up charges against them are meant to harass the media practitioners in the province,” the NUJP alert said.
UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Irene Khan said the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government’s adoption of Administration Order 22 (AO22) relegates the role of CSOs to mere “coordination and/or consultation.”
Activists hounded former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque in Canada they said is out on a disinformation tour about former president Rodrigo Duterte’s mass-murdering “drug war.”
In his dying days, Rimando told his supporters: “I am happy with the life I led and the rich experiences I gained in the struggle.”
“The maneuverings of those in power, who are seeking to remain in power, take place amid rising prices, low wages, widespread poverty, landlessness and unemployment,” BAYAN said.
Reminiscent of the dictatorship of his late father Ferdinand Marcos Sr. when fasting by political detainees had become major political events, such as during the 1981 visit of Pope John Paul II, hundreds are abstaining from solid food including soup in their day-long actions.
“As top US general, General Brown is clearly satisfied with how the US Typhon missile system and other weapons have been prepositioned in the Philippines, and how the country has served as base for the deployment of its warships in the South China Sea,” CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said.
Our investigation revealed that GrabCar rides always included surge fees, and when fares were high, waiting times did not always become shorter. The data suggested that the algorithm behind surge pricing did not always work the way Grab had advertised it to work. Customers still often had long wait times even when surge rates applied.
A new assembly of peace advocates called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to “clearly and unqualifiedly commit” to negotiating peace with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) when he delivers his next State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 22.
