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August 9, 2022
By Jairo Bolledo of Rappler in Manila Former Philippines vice-presidential candidate and Laban ng Masa chairperson Walden Bello has been arrested for two counts of alleged cyber libel by the police. Bello, 76, is a globally renowned environmental and social justice activist and academic. Bello’s arrest yesterday was confirmed by his executive secretary and Laban ... <a title="Philippine police arrest ex-VP social justice candidate Bello for cyber libel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/philippine-police-arrest-ex-vp-social-justice-candidate-bello-for-cyber-libel/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine police arrest ex-VP social justice candidate Bello for cyber libel">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2022
RNZ Pacific Former prime ministers, an opposition leader, and an ex-central bank governor have added their voices to a growing chorus of concerns about the Fiji government’s “close association” with a Korean doomsday Christian cult that has reportedly benefited from millions of dollars from a state-backed institution. Award-winning investigative journalism organisations, the Organised Crime and ... <a title="Senior figures question Fiji government’s close links with ‘doomsday’ cult" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/30/senior-figures-question-fiji-governments-close-links-with-doomsday-cult/" aria-label="Read more about Senior figures question Fiji government’s close links with ‘doomsday’ cult">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Frontline investigative articles on Aotearoa New Zealand’s 23-day Parliament protester siege, social media disinformation and Asia-Pacific media changes and adaptations are featured in the latest Pacific Journalism Review. The assault on “truth telling” reportage is led by The Disinformation Project, which warns that “conspiratorial thought continues to impact on the lives ... <a title="NZ’s Parliament siege, ‘disinformation war’, kava and media change featured in latest PJR" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/29/nzs-parliament-siege-disinformation-war-kava-and-media-change-featured-in-latest-pjr/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Parliament siege, ‘disinformation war’, kava and media change featured in latest PJR">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
By Jairo Bolledo in Manila A day before the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr in Quezon City, a shooting incident inside the Ateneo de Manila University claimed the lives of at least three individuals, including the former mayor of Lamitan, Basilan, Rose Furigay. Furigay was supposed to ... <a title="Three killed, including former mayor, in Manila university campus shooting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/three-killed-including-former-mayor-in-manila-university-campus-shooting/" aria-label="Read more about Three killed, including former mayor, in Manila university campus shooting">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Radio broadcaster Federico “Ding” Gempesaw has been shot and killed in broad daylight in front of his home in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao, reports the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The IFJ and its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), condemn the murder and urge ... <a title="Assassins gun down Philippine broadcaster outside home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/24/assassins-gun-down-philippine-broadcaster-outside-home/" aria-label="Read more about Assassins gun down Philippine broadcaster outside home">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2022
EDITORIAL: By the Rappler team We will continue bringing you the news, holding the powerful to account for their actions and decisions, calling attention to government lapses that further disempower the disadvantaged. We will hold the line. Dear readers and viewers, We thought this day would never come, even as we were warned in the ... <a title="Stand with Rappler, defend press freedom in Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/30/stand-with-rappler-defend-press-freedom-in-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about Stand with Rappler, defend press freedom in Philippines">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
By Loreben Tuquero in Manila On social media, Ferdinand Marcos Jr needed to have all pieces in place to stage a Malacañang comeback: he had a network of propagandist assets, popular myths that justified his family’s obscene wealth, and narratives that distorted the horrors of his father’s rule. He had even asked Cambridge Analytica to ... <a title="Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/duterte-institutionalised-disinformation-paved-the-way-for-a-marcos-victory/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2022
By David Robie Migrants and overseas Filipinos in Aotearoa New Zealand today called on the governments of both Australia and New Zealand to halt all military and security aid to the Philippines in protest over last month’s “fraudulent” general election. At simultaneous meetings in Auckland and Wellington, a new broad coalition of social justice and ... <a title="Filipino migrants call on NZ to halt military aid to Philippines over Marcos election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/07/filipino-migrants-call-on-nz-to-halt-military-aid-to-philippines-over-marcos-election/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino migrants call on NZ to halt military aid to Philippines over Marcos election">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2022
By Gita Irawan in Jakarta Indonesia’s Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has criticised the appointment of Central Sulawesi State Intelligence Agency (BIN) regional chief (Kabinda) Brigadier-General Andi Chandra As’aduddin as the acting (Pj) regent of Seram Bagian Barat in Maluku province. The appointment of As’aduddin was based on Home Affairs Ministry ... <a title="Kontras criticises military officers being made regional heads as ‘return to New Order’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/03/kontras-criticises-military-officers-being-made-regional-heads-as-return-to-new-order/" aria-label="Read more about Kontras criticises military officers being made regional heads as ‘return to New Order’">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
RNZ Pacific The President of the Federated States of Micronesia says he has serious concerns about the details of two leaked Chinese government documents to be tabled at a meeting next week. President David Panuelo warns the sovereignty of the Pacific Island countries is at stake, and that the outcome of one of the documents ... <a title="China documents threaten Pacific sovereignty, warns FSM president" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/china-documents-threaten-pacific-sovereignty-warns-fsm-president/" aria-label="Read more about China documents threaten Pacific sovereignty, warns FSM president">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Nina Santos in Auckland On May 9, the Philippines went to the polls in what has been called “by far the most divisive and consequential electoral contest” in the Philippines. The electoral race had boiled down to two frontrunners: one was the current Vice-President Leni Robredo, running on a “people-led” campaign, and driven ... <a title="Pink tears for the Philippines, and transforming the rage into hope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/pink-tears-for-the-philippines-and-transforming-the-rage-into-hope/" aria-label="Read more about Pink tears for the Philippines, and transforming the rage into hope">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
The global response to the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Video: Al Jazeera COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis of Knightly Views Nothing justifies the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and the wounding of her colleague Ali al-Samoudi during an Israeli raid on Jenin in the Occupied West Bank. Nothing. I ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: As if the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh wasn’t enough…" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/gavin-ellis-as-if-the-killing-of-shireen-abu-akleh-wasnt-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: As if the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh wasn’t enough…">Read more</a>