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Boholanos celebrate the Christmas season with vigor a year after Typhoon Odette robbed them of holiday joy.

Siargao resident affected by 2021 typhoon Odette: We are doing better right now because we already recovered. There are many tourists again and it’s like we are going back to normal days.

Fearing for their lives and security, two pastors and a lay leader of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) accused of being members of the New People’s Army (NPA) filed a petition for a writ of amparo before the Supreme Court on Monday against soldiers assigned to the 59th Infantry “Protector” Battalion in Bataan.

“In this project, the (PA) shall remain incognito. It does not need to inform the public or display its participation to preserve the credibility of SMNI as a third-party entity,” the document states.

A human rights group has urged Morris Tidball-Binz, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial or arbitrary executions, to either support the reopening of the investigation by International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan into alleged drug-related killings in the Philippines or conduct his own probe.

When former president Rodrigo Duterte buckled under China’s bullying and reimposed a 2014 moratorium on drilling in the Reed Bank, off the coast of Palawan, in April, he and his advisers most likely did not realize that it would cost the government at least $13.78 million (about P800 million with today’s exchange rate) in unnecessary spending.

Retired Justice Antonio Carpio has urged President Ferdinand Marcos to provide security for the drilling operations of Forum Energy Ltd. when the company resumes its stalled oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea.

Paano mas magiging maayos ang paghahanda sa mga sakunang dala ng bagyo? Pakinggan natin ang pananaw ng Mines and Geosciences Bureau at ng City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office ng Balanga City, Bataan dito sa ikalawang bahagi ng Episode 15 ng What The F?! Podcast.

Is the country better off singing together than participating in national elections?

Ilang Bagyong Paeng pa ba ang raragasa sa Pilipinas bago natin ayusin ang paghahanda para makaiwas sa malaking pinsala, na mas pinalalalá ng climate change? Pakinggan ang pananaw ni Dr. Mahar Lagmay sa unang bahagi ng Episode 15 ng What The F?! Podcast.

Filipino researchers proposed a community engagement plan as the most suitable strategy to thwart disinformation that has taken on creative forms and given rise to influence operations in the country.

Most Filipino voters do not report abuse of state resources (ASR) for election by their local officials since only a few know the difference between legitimate social services and misuse of authority, while many are either afraid for their safety or do not believe that anything would be done about these cases, according to the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE).

The experience of attending a BTS concert in person is one that I will truly cherish, and the videos that I had taken will remain in my phone indefinitely. It is arguably one of the best concerts I have ever witnessed.

During the 136th session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva last Oct. 11, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla reiterated the government’s position that the International Criminal Court (ICC) “has ceased having jurisdiction” over the Philippines. This lacks context.

If her oncologists and other medical specialists had their way, they would remove Yasmin “Jigs” Almonte’s remaining jaw and seal her mouth permanently shut.

Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, the chief implementer of the controversial war on drugs during the Duterte administration, claimed without citing proof that no crimes against humanity occurred in the government’s anti-drug campaign.

Art is a powerful way to express truth. View the horrors of human rights violations during Martial Law through the eyes of artists in the online exhibit "Pira-Pirasong Kwento ng Martial Law" organized by Buklod Sining and DAKILA.

The Philippine government has failed to convince International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan that it has been conducting an adequate probe on alleged crimes against humanity related to the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. %

As the country continues to battle against disinformation, scholar Jonathan Ong and journalist Kat Ventura took a deep dive into the world of trolls through a podcast exposing the shadowy digital operations of influencers and disinformation actors in the country.

Sa ika-12 episode ng #WhatTheF?! podcast, pakinggan sina Joel Ariate Jr., Miguel Paolo Reyes at Larah Del Mundo, mga mananaliksik ng Third World Studies Center sa University of the Philippines, kung paano nila binuo ang librong “Marcos Lies:”

Among the most recurrent narratives debunked by VERA Files are those which blatantly fabricate or twist facts about Marcos’ 21-year rule.

The fight against lies is an uphill battle. But someone has to do it.  As the Marcos family and their supporters ramp up the propagation of myths that distort history, scholars from the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman are using the results of their search for truth and sharing it with the public. Joel

Sa paggunita ng ika-50 anibersaryo ng deklarasyon ng martial law ni dating diktador Ferdinand Marcos Sr. noong Setyembre 21, 1972, naglibot ang VERA Files sa Metro Manila at ilang probinsya para magtanong. Ano ang naiisip nila kapag naririnig ang martial law?

Sa paggunita ng ika-50 anibersaryo ng deklarasyon ng martial law ni dating diktador Ferdinand Marcos Sr. noong Setyembre 21, 1972, naglibot ang VERA Files sa Metro Manila at ilang probinsya para magtanong. Ano ang naiisip nila kapag naririnig ang martial law?