Courts, law and justice
Police memo links PH’s exit from money laundering ‘grey list’ to activist crackdown allegations
A memorandum issued by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Regional Field Unit based in La Union province reveals the existence of “Project ‘Exit the Greylist.’”…
By Carmela Fonbuena·February 23, 2025
AI Accountability
Amid legal gaps, app workers push for rights in courts, on streets
Technological innovations like ride-hailing and food-delivery applications are supposed to improve people’s lives, yet their advancement has far outpaced existing laws, creating…
By Karol Ilagan·January 9, 2025
Courts, law and justice
‘Nasaan si Bantag?’ Timeline of Percy Lapid’s slay case as of June 2024
This timeline was originally published on November 13, 2023. It is regularly updated.
By Cherry Salazar·June 28, 2024
Courts, law and justice
Drug killings go on; journalists must keep probing
Dahas records 639 killings on Marcos’ watch as of April 30. It is a project of the Third World Studies Center of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism·May 8, 2024
Courts, law and justice
WATCH: #IJPH2024 panel on Reporting Duterte’s ‘drug war’
The Third National Conference on Investigative Journalism featured three plenary discussions, 12 breakout sessions, and a screening of the Delikado investigative documentary film…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism·May 7, 2024
Courts, law and justice
‘We want the trial to start’: What happens now to ICC’s probe into Duterte’s drug war?
Human rights lawyer Kristina Conti, counsel of the families of drug war victims, said ICC’s decisions are hard to predict because its actions are highly compartmentalized. What is…
By Aie Balagtas See Photos By Raffy Lerma·March 28, 2024
Courts, law and justice
‘We can’t be bribed:’ Families of drug war victims reveal offers to drop cases amid ICC probe
There was nothing more humiliating for Dahlia Silvestre (not her real name) than to be offered money by a barangay captain to withdraw the case she filed against policemen who…
By Aie Balagtas See·August 8, 2023
Courts, law and justice
Cases vs killers of media workers in the Philippines flounder in courts
A total of 176 media workers have been killed in the Philippines since democracy was restored in 1986. Out of this number, only 19 or 11% resulted in convictions. Others flounder…
By Carmela Fonbuena·December 28, 2022
Courts, law and justice
Son waits for mom to leave jail — in photos
Kim Ujano, son of human rights defender Ma. Salome “Sally” Ujano, watched police officers in plain clothes arrested her mother on November 14, 2021. The arrest was based on a…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism·November 14, 2022
Courts, law and justice
‘Patong’: Falsely accused in Duterte’s drug war
During the pandemic, some of the minors in Bahay Pag-Asa Malabon charged with drug offenses were only violating lockdown protocols like curfews, said Rosemarie Ramos, who runs the…
By Adminnewspack·April 25, 2022
Courts, law and justice
The desaparecidos of Duterte’s drug war
Testimonies from former police agents show that enforced disappearances were employed during President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs”, as it was during the martial law of the…
By Aie Balagtas See Text·April 11, 2022
Courts, law and justice
Q&A: The International Criminal Court Goes After Duterte’s Drug War
Officials in The Hague have announced a formal investigation into alleged state crimes committed as part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s aggressive counter-narcotics campaign in the…
By Georgi Engelbrecht International Crisis Group Senior Analyst·September 21, 2021
Courts, law and justice
Duterte’s drug war: Lies and death certificates — a photo essay
Photojournalist Dada Grifon uncovers four stories of EJK victims, all of which were treated with disrespect until their last breath as their families are forced to accept…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism·May 25, 2021
Awards and recognitions
THE SHRINKING GODS OF PADRE FAURA
Two chief justices were removed in the last decade, and impeachment complaints and quo warranto petitions have become frequent. No longer is the Supreme Court the untouchable…
By Carmela Fonbuena·April 30, 2021
