Political prisoner: a person imprisoned for their political beliefs, and/or participation in non-violent political activity. The motivation for detaining a political prisoner is purely political, most likely for opposing the… Continue reading "Spare a thought for the political prisoners of the Philippines"
Further evidence of the Duterte administration’s desire to purge government critics is the bloody military operation known as “Oplan Kapayapaan” (OK; Operation Peace). Led by combat and intelligence agents of… Continue reading "War on human rights groups: Four activists killed in three days"
Coming off a resounding victory in the May 2019 elections, the Duterte administration has now found itself short of recognized enemies in Philippine politics.
Before the 2019 Philippine mid-term elections, political analyst Richard Heydarian predicted that the upcoming polls would be a “referendum on the Duterte presidency”. By this, he meant that majority of… Continue reading "What the outcome of the 2019 Senate elections mean for the Philippines"
After threatening to release intelligence reports that will implicate his political rivals for an alleged black propaganda against him, allies of President Rodrigo Duterte’s has bared a “matrix” showing the… Continue reading "Can we trust the Government’s intelligence reports?"
In less than six months, the province of Negros Oriental has witnessed two different massacres killing a total of 20 people – mostly farmers living in the rural countryside.
If you happen to notice that a generous amount of resources is being poured into the May 2019 elections, that’s because there is a lot at stake.
(This is part 2 of our examination on the revelations made by former police intelligence agent Eduardo Acierto on Michael Yang, an adviser to President Duterte; you can read part… Continue reading "The Acierto Revelations (part 2): What does Sr. Supt. Eduardo Acierto know about Michael Yang?"
(This is part 1 of our examination on the revelations made by former police intelligence agent Eduardo Acierto on Michael Yang, a close confidant of President Duterte.) The Duterte administration’s… Continue reading "The Acierto Revelations (part 1): Who is Michael Yang, the Chinese national who is part of Duterte’s inner circle?"
The arrest of TIME Magazine Person of the Year and Rappler.com CEO Maria Ressa sent shockwaves not just in Philippine media, but internationally also.
