July 28, 2016 · Posted in: General
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 a Philippine FOI law has been breathed life anew. Even as it...
July 26, 2016 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Civil Society, Drugs & Crime, Duterte, Freedom of Information, Human Rights, In the News, Investigative Reports, Local Government, Peace and Conflict, The Judiciary
By Karol Ilagan Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism 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 began...
July 26, 2016 · Posted in: Duterte, General, In Photos, Rodrigo R. Duterte, SONA
By Jil Danielle Caro, Ehcel Hurna, and Davinci Maru Libu-libong manggagawa, mangingisda, magsasaka, katutubo, estudyante, guro, at iba pang sektor ng lipunan ang nakilahok sa pagkilos para sa unang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni pangulong...
July 25, 2016 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Drugs & Crime, Duterte, General, Governance, Human Rights, In the News, Investigative Reports, Journalist Killings, Peace and Conflict, Rodrigo R. Duterte, SONA, The Judiciary
BANGKAY SA BANGKETA... kasi nga drug pusher ako. This is the sad refrain in a sardonic poem that a young Filipina wrote and read in a video she posted last week on her Facebook page. It does not matter, she averred, that the so-called drug pushers...
July 24, 2016 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Disaster Aid, Duterte, Environment Watch, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Health Issues, Human Rights, In the News, Local Government, The Economy
By Karol Ilagan UNITED FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. Students and environmental activists held placards with calls for change in environment policies addressed to President Rodrigo R. Duterte. Photo by Karol Ilagan/PCIJ FRANCES Quimpo’s recollection of...
July 21, 2016 · Posted in: Access to Information, Cross Border, Culture, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, In the News, Journalist Killings, Media, Money Politics, The Internet
"IT IS a worldwide trend. From Turkey and Russia to China and India, new media empires are emerging, usually with governmental blessing. Their owners comply with capitalist laws of supply and demand and the need for technological development. But, at...
July 20, 2016 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Drugs & Crime, Duterte, Freedom of Information, Governance, In the News, Local Government, Media, Peace and Conflict, The Judiciary
* Inilathala ng Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) * Isinalin sa Filipino ng Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) KAPAG ANG BAHAY O OPISINA MO AY HINALUGHOG O NA-SEARCH: When your house or office is searched ANO ANG DAPAT...
