DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 Sep) – Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales ordered the filing of charges against former Davao del Sur Representative Marc Douglas Cagas IV and nine others for the alleged misuse of P6 million worth of Priority Development Assistance
The best lechon in the world is in Iligan City, or so Iliganons say, that they now hold an annual festival dubbed “Pista sa Lechon de Iligan” in the runup of activities that will culminate during the Sept. 29 city
By Vino Lucero Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism THE PINK BLOTTER of the Women and Children Desk that should exist in every police station tells not only the story of children in conflict with the law, but also of the
By Karol Ilagan Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism MARAGONDON, Cavite – Since school opened last June, the balitaan portion of eighth-grader Micaella Javier’s Araling Panlipunan class has been full of reports on the deaths prompted by President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s
By Malou Mangahas Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS — the term has gained currency as a major criticism of the war on drugs of the Duterte administration. The proof of the crime: bodies felled by unidentified killers or
By Karol Ilagan Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism TV REMAINS the major source of information and entertainment among Filipinos even as watching content via digital platforms has risen in the last two years among those with Internet access. Nielsen’s TV
[Note from the author as posted on her Facebook wall on September 19, 2016. “Below is the brief that I prepared for Translating Digong, A Forum on the Public Persona of President Rodrigo R. Duterte which took place in U.P.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /21 September) – Cardinal Orlando B. Quevedo, OMI, the Arcbhishop of Cotabato, and Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) were among 400 leaders from various religions of the world who attended
September 21, 2016 On the 44th anniversary of the Martial Law declaration in the country, Bayan Muna Partylist representative Carlos Isagani Zarate encouraged the youth – the so-called millennials — to study and know the “brutal and despicable years of
21 August 2016 Open Letter On President Marcos Burial at Heros’ Cemetery. RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President Republic of the Philippines Peoples’ Palace Malacañan, Manila Tinahud Nga Presidente Duterte, Mainitong pagtimbaya gikan sa Governing Council sa Lumad Mindanaw Peoples Federation/LMPF. Kami
21 September 2016 Konsyensya Dabaw joins the rest of the world in marking September 21 as the International Day of Peace. Indeed, there are reasons to be hopeful given the commitment of the actors of the country’s different conflict lines
20 September Bayan Muna Rep.Carlos Isagani Zarate today raised serious concerns on the grant of immunity to alleged druglords operating inside the National Bilibid Prisons and now testifying before the House Justice Committee. We want to ferret out the truth
20 September 2016 I am one with our people who want to see a Senate doing its job. We need impartial chairmen who conduct public hearings efficiently and fairly. People want results. I am disappointed at seeing the Senate investigations
