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February 28, 2026
OBITUARY: By Joel Paredes Having known the Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut, who died yesterday aged 69, for nearly half a century, I feel that looking at his photos — how he documented the events that unfurled during his lifetime — reveals his own lifelong search for himself. By documenting the rawest parts of human existence, ... <a title="Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut: An extraordinary sense of truth in an ailing society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/filipino-photojournalist-alex-baluyut-an-extraordinary-sense-of-truth-in-an-ailing-society/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut: An extraordinary sense of truth in an ailing society">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan leader has accused Indonesia of imposing a “martial law” on the Melanesian region in response to the kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot by rebels fighting Jakarta’s contested rule. “It is clear that Indonesia is using the kidnap of New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens as a pretext to strengthen ... <a title="Wenda accuses Indonesia of imposing ‘martial law’ abuses on West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/14/wenda-accuses-indonesia-of-imposing-martial-law-abuses-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda accuses Indonesia of imposing ‘martial law’ abuses on West Papua">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2022
By Jairo Bolledo in Manila The Philippines Court of Appeals has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. over their cyber libel case. In a 16-page decision dated October 10, the court’s fourth division denied the appeal. Associate Justices ... <a title="Ressa ‘disappointed’ over failed appeal and ongoing harassment in Philippine cyber libel case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/13/ressa-disappointed-over-failed-appeal-and-ongoing-harassment-in-philippine-cyber-libel-case/" aria-label="Read more about Ressa ‘disappointed’ over failed appeal and ongoing harassment in Philippine cyber libel case">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Danilo Arana Arao in Manila Upon assuming the Philippines presidency on 30 June 2022, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr — the only son and namesake of the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos — delivered an inaugural address that did not mention press freedom. Press freedom also went unmentioned when he delivered his first State of ... <a title="How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/13/how-philippine-press-freedom-has-been-abandoned-under-bongbong-marcos/" aria-label="Read more about How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2022
REVIEW: By David Robie Seven weeks ago the Philippines truth-telling martial law film Katips was basking in the limelight in the country’s national FAMAS academy movie awards, winning best picture and a total of six other awards. Last week it began a four month “world tour” of 10 countries starting in the Middle East followed ... <a title="Martial law brutality in ‘educational’ musical drama Katips touches raw nerve in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/19/martial-law-brutality-in-educational-musical-drama-katips-touches-raw-nerve-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Martial law brutality in ‘educational’ musical drama Katips touches raw nerve in NZ">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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February 11, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia is trying again to “divide and rule my people” by further carving Papua into three new provinces, warns interim president Benny Wenda of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP). And he says that Jakarta is bringing in another 450 troops in to “violently enforce” its policies. “Indonesian troops ... <a title="Reject Jakarta’s ‘divide and rule’ Papua provinces strategy, warns Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/reject-jakartas-divide-and-rule-papua-provinces-strategy-warns-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Reject Jakarta’s ‘divide and rule’ Papua provinces strategy, warns Wenda">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Catholic professionals group has filed an application in Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court to intervene in last month’s challenge on the constitutional validity of the National Pandemic Act 2020, reports the PNG Post-Courier. It has also called on Prime Minister James Marape’s government to repeal the law. The Catholic Professionals ... <a title="Catholic group calls on Marape to repeal ‘martial law’ Pandemic Act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/catholic-group-calls-on-marape-to-repeal-martial-law-pandemic-act/" aria-label="Read more about Catholic group calls on Marape to repeal ‘martial law’ Pandemic Act">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) has strongly condemned the shoot-to-kill order by President Rodrigo Duterte this week as a ‘dangerous’ opening to target and kill anyone in a public space. “We are raising the alarm in the international community on President Duterte’s directive to kill unruly violators ... <a title="Duterte’s ‘shoot them dead’ virus order to troops slammed as dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/dutertes-shoot-them-dead-virus-order-to-troops-slammed-as-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte’s ‘shoot them dead’ virus order to troops slammed as dangerous">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Asia-Pacific Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (APCHRP) has condemned a recent spate of killings in Negros and all extrajudicial killings in the Philippines – with the latest happening last week. Duterte’s plan for Negros has been the subject of speculation in response to the killings in Negros Oriental, ... <a title="Duterte accused of ‘creating conditions’ leading to martial law declaration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/06/duterte-accused-of-creating-conditions-leading-to-martial-law-declaration/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte accused of ‘creating conditions’ leading to martial law declaration">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2018
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