Archive - Editor's Pick Year 2017 all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Editor's Pick PWDs left behind in Marikina’s disaster preparedness efforts For a disaster resilience model, Marikina City falls behind the ideal in preparing people with disabilities (PWDs) for disasters. By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL and YVETTE B. MORALES | Sep 27, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Scammers sell Marcos ‘legacy’ to poor Pinoys They said they came to collect the P10,000 they were promised every month for the next four years as claimants to their share of the Marcos wealth. The proof of their claim: a pamphlet purchased for P30, extolling Marcos for his ‘immortal legacy.’ By Joel F. Ariate Jr. | Sep 25, 2017 | 10-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick PHOTOS: Thousands join national day of protest They gathered in Luneta and at the Commission on Human Rights premises in Quezon City. By VERA Files | Sep 22, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Duterte’s Cyber Army meets the Philippine Army If there is any institution that was able to fully institutionalize the lessons of martial law and the People Power Revolt, it is the Philippine military. That lesson is that they should always be united. They should never allow themselves to be on opposite sides of the political fence. Better be on the wrong side than to be on opposite sides. Why? By Segundo E. Romero, Jr. | Sep 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The Commission on Human Rights, explained President Rodrigo Duterte, in a media interview following his 2017 SONA, said he wants the CHR abolished. By VERA Files | Sep 12, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT CHECK: In his own words: Duterte’s drug war, so far Candidate Duterte is different from President Duterte. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PNP Chief Dela Rosa understates war on drugs figures Dela Rosa’s figures do not match the ostensibly “real numbers” on the war on drugs published by the PNP itself, in its own website. By VERA Files | Sep 5, 2017 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick DIY shelters for the ‘Big One’ not PWD-inclusive Some of the designs aren’t just fit for everyone--ironically for those who are in danger of being left out during a disaster. By Maria Feona Imperial | Aug 31, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Outrage at Kian’s wake: Lawmakers, rights activists denounce Duterte’s war on drugs Supporters and critics of President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on drugs have joined the chorus of condemnation over the killing of 17-year-old Kian Loyd Delos Santos and called for an investigation of police abuse. By Arianne Christian Tapao and Ellen T. Tordesillas | Aug 22, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick August 21, 1983: Voices tell the story The tape recording starts with the sound of the plane landing and people talking among themselves. “Everybody remains on board,” one of them says. Moments later, a single gunshot rings out and women are wailing. By Luz Rimban | Aug 21, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick IP groups censure violence, ask government to protect their rights “We have been greatly affected by wars which are not ours,” a statement released by IPs said. By TEXT BY MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL and ARIANNE CHRISTIAN TAPAO | Aug 11, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Timeline of the ASEAN and China Code of Conduct in the South China Sea Timeline of key events dating back to 1992, when the goal of having a COC in the South China Sea was first set. By Contributed by Charmaine Deogracias | Aug 9, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 Older posts
