Gunmen kill Kidapawan broadcaster
“We have confirmed that a few days before his death, he had filed a report with the Kidapawan police after he received a challenge to a ‘due’ and his station’s hotline received a text message from mobile number 09353435064 that said:’ Bantay mo Brigada mamatay unya mo bantay2 mo kay naa mupusil ninyo,’ the NUJP said in its statement today. (Watch out Brigada because you will die, just wait someone will shoot you.)
What will it take to combat digital authoritarianism in Southeast Asia?
Applied to the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia, digital authoritarianism refers to how the internet has been weaponized in aid of existing authoritarian regimes. It signifies the use of the online tools that many hoped would empower citizens for mass surveillance and the promotion of divisive hate speech.
Migrante asks UN to conduct investigations on killings in PH
Migrante recalled the killing of 17-year old Kian delos Santos in August 2017 by police operatives who collared the youngster, dragged him across a dark alley and summarily killed. The victim was the son of a Saudi-based domestic worker.
Teachers’ plaint
Then Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte did promise to raise teachers’ salaries in 2015 when he was thinking of running for President. He has since promised it eight more times since he came to power, but it hasn’t happened.
Prices still higher now than since start of Duterte admin
The group said that food prices will continue to increase as long as government neglects Philippine agriculture and the country becomes further dependent on imports.
Duterte administration being dishonest about economic ‘gains’
The government’s Php69.50 daily per capita poverty threshold and only Php48.60 subsistence or food threshold in the first semester of 2018 are absurdly low and not conceivably enough to meet decent minimum standards for food, shelter, transportation, health care, and education, stressed Africa.
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Duterte gov’t targets Makabayan reps with trumped-up charges, regional parliamentarians report
“These lawmakers appear to have been targeted for opposing the President’s policies, and in particular the widespread extrajudicial killings under the guise of the ‘war on drugs,’” it said.
‘Extraordinary’ number of killings put Philippines under UN scrutiny
The High Commissioner added that human rights defenders as well as activists for land rights and the rights of indigenous peoples, journalists, lawyers, members of the Catholic clergy and others who have spoken out have received threats, sometimes publicly, from senior Government officials.
‘Busina’ protest vs Duterte’s pro-China stance on Recto Bank ramming
Activists held a protest action in Quezon City last June 19 and asked motorists to honk their vehicle horns to show solidarity with 22 fishermen whose boat was rammed by a Chinese ship and President Rodrigo Duterte’s obvious pro-China stance in the controversy.