An anti-mining lawyer survived an assassination attempt this week in Capiz province, while she was on board a vehicle with her daughter and a
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“She who did not bend her knee”: why the elites pushed for Judy Taguiwalo’s eviction from Cabinet
In the hit TV series Game of Thrones, the despotic rulers you meet throughout its eight seasons would all talk about making others, “bend
Political will or political gimmicks?
Many were flummoxed when the Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo expressed the current administration was open to reusing the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine in response to
The demonisation of indigenous schools continues
In July 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte declared during a televised news conference that indigenous Lumad schools were “teaching children to rebel against the government”
In memory of: the separation of powers of the Philippine government
The Philippines is defined in the 1987 Constitution as being a “republican state”, this means that it follows the republican structure of government wherein
Spare a thought for the political prisoners of the Philippines
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
War on human rights groups: Four activists killed in three days
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
With the Liberals nearly wiped out, will the Nacionalista Party be the next big hurdle for the Duterte administration?
Coming off a resounding victory in the May 2019 elections, the Duterte administration has now found itself short of recognized enemies in Philippine politics.
What the outcome of the 2019 Senate elections mean for the Philippines
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
Can we trust the Government’s intelligence reports?
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