Tag: President Rodrigo Duterte
Duterte orders stop to all mining operations in Tawi-Tawi province
The president has also ordered to step up the rehabilitation of the area “by planting more trees and other efforts of rehabilitation”
2020: The Year of Farcical Thinking
To remain gullible, to forget and reject the things of the mind, to stay uncritical, may prove to be our biggest hurdle yet
Year in Review: Killings continue as more military men hold government...
The president’s generals are all extremely well-educated and there is little doubt of their intelligence, but they share a fatal flaw
Monstrous entitlement
The biggest minefield is the worldview that a cabal of abusive men can run roughshod over laws and shove aside rightful authorities
Faith-based group hits reported vaccination of top gov’t officials, military
Critics said the “illegal” and “selective vaccination” shows “an exclusivist attitude by the Duterte administration”
Church leaders welcome international court report on Philippine rights situation
The ICC Office of the Prosecutor noted that there is “a reasonable basis to believe" that "crimes against humanity" were committed
Witch hunt spikes as specter of accountability haunts Duterte
Nothing has dented the spirit of the country’s human rights defenders
Duterte vows not to talk with communist rebels ‘ever again’
The Communist Party of the Philippines said the president’s declaration “comes as no surprise"
The Sport of Killing: ‘Shoot First’
By the looks of it, we now have little choice but to actively participate in the shaping of our political lives
Duterte and his narrative of rebellion
A country must stand on a Constitution whereby the fundamental principles of governance, stability and civil rights are set in place