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The Trial and Facts of the Case
On Nov. 23, 2009, 58 persons were killed in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province. The victims included 32 journalists and media workers, two lawyers, six motorists passing the same…
By Center For Media Freedom And Responsibility Cmfr·December 7, 2019
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The Ampatuan Massacre: Fact-Finding Mission Report
Two days after the Ampatuan Massacre occurred on Nov. 23, 2009, a team of journalists, lawyers, and a forensic expert flew to the site to extend immediate humanitarian assistance…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·December 6, 2019
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Shortlisted: The JBC interviews with the CJ nominees
One has been chosen but who is the fairest, fittest of them all? Three associate justices of the Supreme Court were nominated to the chief justice’s post. What vision, judicial…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism And Court Appointments Watch Network·October 23, 2019
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Is the Drug War Undermining the Gains of Government Anti-Poverty Programs?
At least one in five victims of drug-related killings in Metro Manila in 2016 and 2017 were beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), our field and database…
By Adminnewspack·October 22, 2019
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Comelec line change: 7 Duterte appointees to run 2022 elections
President Duterte has appointed a new election chairman and three commissioners — all of them from Mindanao. By 2022, Comelec will be run entirely by Duterte’s appointees. Mostly…
By Malou Mangahas·August 19, 2019
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COA scores Comelec: PhP2.6-B contracts had no fund cover docs
The procurement woes of the Comelec in the May 2019 elections had a backstory in an audit report the year prior. It continues to pay monthly rental for warehouse services without a…
By Karol Ilagan·August 16, 2019
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16M failed to vote for party-list, missed names on back of ballot
Across the Philippines’ 81 provinces, from 30 to over 50 percent of voters failed to vote for party-list groups in May 2019. Many voters missed the names of party-list groups…
By Karol Ilagan·August 14, 2019
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SD cards ‘case of a few lemons’? 4,650 corrupted, didn’t work at all
Secure and digital — two words that spell out what SD cards should exemplify. But in the May 2019 elections, 4,650 SD cards of the 85,769 units deployed were found to be defective…
By Karol Ilagan·August 13, 2019
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A billion-peso blunder: 6 in 10 machinesto verify voters conked out, not used at all
Avoidable delays in the procurement of goods and services; the election calendar revised four times; wasteful spending on machines that conked out or were not used; massive…
By Karol Ilagan·August 13, 2019
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Disqualified at first try, bidder bags deal for ballot paper, marking pens
It’s a case of two failed biddings, and then a third negotiated one. The procurement of ballot paper and marking pens as a bundled contract for the May 2019 elections was one that…
By Karol Ilagan·August 13, 2019
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The drug war: Cop talk and protocols
THEY ARE supposed to be officers of the law, their protocols strict and specific on what they can and cannot do, and how they must do things. But the Philippine National Police…
By Davinci S Maru·June 8, 2017
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The PH parties to Duterte’s China deals
AVLB Asia Pacific Conglomerate, Inc. AVLB Asia Pacific is primarily engaged in coir, peat, and upholstery padding. As of end-2014, it had yet to operate commercially. Its…
By Kenneth Cardenas·May 9, 2017
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Int’l Criminal Court: Drug war EJKs may prompt inquiry, case
THE PROSECUTOR of the international Criminal Court on Thursday served notice to the government of the Philippines that anyone inducing or engaging in “acts of mass violence……
By Pcij·October 14, 2016
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FOI in PDU30’s First 100 Days: Good Start, Big Balance of Work
STATEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW! COALITION 07 October 2016 On the first 100 days of the Duterte Administration, the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN) cites the…
By Right To Know Right Now Coalition·October 7, 2016
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Church leaders to Duterte: Life is precious, respect human rights
Church leaders in the Philippines are calling on President Rodrigo Duterte to “examine the correctness of its approach” in eradicating the illegal drug trade. “The campaign can…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·August 22, 2016
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Breathing Life to People’s FOI
STATEMENT OF RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW! COALITION 28 July 2016 With the signing of the Executive Order on Freedom of Information (FOI) last July 23, 2016, the decades-long fight for…
By Right To Know Right Now Coalition·July 28, 2016
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Duterte’s war: CHR mounts probe of 103 drug killings and counting
ON TOP of Bayani Arago’s desk at the Commission on Human Rights National Capital Region (CHR NCR) is a pile of clippings now about an inch thick. The news reports, which Arago…
By Karol Ilagan·July 26, 2016
