March 28, 2017 · Posted in: General
Text by Ed Lingao
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He introduced himself as Alex, but in our naturally irreverent way, we'd already branded him "Lolo PX" or Imported Grandfather by the end of his first day at the PCIJ. It was a label he would...
March 17, 2017 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Environment Watch, Freedom of Information, Governance, In the News, Internet, Investigative Reports, Online Research, Peace and Conflict, Public Health, Rodrigo R. Duterte, The Economy, The Internet, The Judiciary, Women, Youth and Education
STATEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW! COALITION
THE ISSUANCE on July 23, 2016 of Executive Order No. 2 on Freedom of Information drew support from the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition as a signal of the commitment of the Duterte Administration...
The European Union today has expressed 'significant concerns' over the human rights situation in the Philippines during the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The EU has called on the Philippine government over the...
March 15, 2017 · Posted in: General
A Fate Worse Than Death: Jailed For Serial Libel Suits
by Rowena C. Paraan
MA. THERESA Briones thinks it’s bad enough that her father had to spend five years in jail – including two years with hardened criminals – because something he...
March 3, 2017 · Posted in: Drugs & Crime, Duterte, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, Investigative Reports, Peace and Conflict, Rodrigo R. Duterte, The Judiciary
PCIJ stands by its story, "Lascañas pens tell-all journal: Duterte rule 'a Divine Trap',” which ran on Feb. 28, 2017.
We take strong exception to unfounded claims of columnist Rigoberto Tiglao of The Manila Times that the story was "fake news"...