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Monthly Archives: July 2021

Continuing the ‘change scamming’ agenda

One faction in the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) claims there is a “huge clamor” for President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president in next year’s elections in order “to continue (his) agenda of change” and his administration’s 10-point economic program.

Continuing the ‘change scamming’ agenda

Remember the 70 in the 2022 Elections

A year after the forced shutdown of ABS-CBN, calls are being made to take to task in the 2022 elections the 70 members of the House of Representatives who voted to deny the country’s biggest broadcast network anew franchise.

Remember the 70 in the 2022 Elections

UN calls for end to use of national security laws to silence dissent

In countries like the Philippines, Indonesia, India and other parts of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic and the campaign against terrorism are being used to curtail political dissent and violate human rights, a practice that must stop, according to United Nations Special Rapporteur on peaceful assembly and association Clement Voule.

UN calls for end to use of national security laws to silence dissent

‘Duterte himself recruited us’: The case at the ICC, Part I

There was an element of surprise in the June 14 announcement of former International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. In her request for authorization for an investigation on Rodrigo Duterte, a scope was added. It had been understood that this was a complaint for crimes against humanity of murder committed in the context of the war on drugs, therefore beginning with the Duterte presidency on July 1, 2016.

‘Duterte himself recruited us’: The case at the ICC, Part I