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April 22, 2019
Maria Ressa as Time’s Person of the Year in 2018 as a “guardian of the truth” – now she has been named by the magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Image: Time Magazine By Christia Marie Ramos in Manila Philippine journalist, editor and publisher Maria Ressa has been named ... <a title="Maria Ressa on Time’s ‘100 most influential people in world’ list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/22/maria-ressa-on-times-100-most-influential-people-in-world-list/" aria-label="Read more about Maria Ressa on Time’s ‘100 most influential people in world’ list">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2019
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism looks into the wealth of President Rodrigo Duterte and his family, drawing the ire of the President. Duterte. Image: Rappler montage/Malacañang/Shutterstock By Rappler The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism has responded to what it called President Rodrigo Duterte’s “broadsides” aimed at PCIJ’s recent reports on the Duterte family’s wealth, ... <a title="‘Explain your wealth, don’t lose your cool,’ PCIJ tells Duterte" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/08/explain-your-wealth-dont-lose-your-cool-pcij-tells-duterte/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Explain your wealth, don’t lose your cool,’ PCIJ tells Duterte">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2019
PDEA Director-General Aaron Aquino (centre) and PDEA Director III Irish Calaguas (left) led two operations in Muntinlupa on March 19, 2019, which yielded 166.5 kg of crystal meth worth an estimated 1.13 billion pesos. Image: PDEA By Nestor Corrales in Manila Despite the Philippine government’s brutal war on drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that ... <a title="Drug problem in Philippines has ‘worsened’, admits Duterte" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/26/drug-problem-in-philippines-has-worsened-admits-duterte/" aria-label="Read more about Drug problem in Philippines has ‘worsened’, admits Duterte">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Groups denounce cyberattacks against several independent media websites in the Philippines. Image: Kodao Productions/Global Voices By Mong Palatino in Manila Several media groups in the Philippines marked the World Day Against Cyber Censorship this week by holding a protest to denounce the ongoing cyberattacks against their websites which they claim are backed by the government. ... <a title="Filipino groups denounce cyberattacks against independent media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/filipino-groups-denounce-cyberattacks-against-independent-media/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino groups denounce cyberattacks against independent media">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Philippines ‘drug war’ no model for any country, says UN rights chief | Asia Pacific Report Home Asia Report Philippines ‘drug war’ no model for any country, says UN rights chief POPULAR POSTS EDITOR’S PICKS MOST COMMENTS – Partner Groups – GLOBAL REPORTAGE Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz
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February 16, 2019
Timor-Leste Press Union president Francisco Belo condemning the arrest and charge of “cyber libel” against Rappler publisher Maria Ressa. Image: Antonio Dasiparu/TLPU Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Timor-Leste Press Union has protested in front of the Philippine Embassy in the capital Dili in solidarity with indicted Journalist Maria Ressa over her “persecution” and in defence ... <a title="Timorese journalists protest outside Philippine embassy over Ressa arrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/16/timorese-journalists-protest-outside-philippine-embassy-over-ressa-arrest/" aria-label="Read more about Timorese journalists protest outside Philippine embassy over Ressa arrest">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2019
Rappler publisher condemns Duterte government’s “abuse of power”. Video: ABS-CBN By Iris Gonzales in Manila The Philippine press has seen many dark days but Maria Ressa’s arrest this week is among the worst. It signals dangerous times for our country’s democracy, 33 years since it was restored in 1986. Ressa is a veteran journalist who ... <a title="‘Don’t be silent,’ says defiant Maria Ressa in fight for press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/16/dont-be-silent-says-defiant-maria-ressa-in-fight-for-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t be silent,’ says defiant Maria Ressa in fight for press freedom">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Award-winning journalist, publisher and editor Maria Ressa (left) being arrested in Rappler’s newsroom yesterday. She was being kept in detention last night. Image: Maria Tan/AFP/RSF Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Paris-based global media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned yesterday’s arrest of Maria Ressa, editor of the independent Manila-based news website Rappler, on ... <a title="Philippine website editor Maria Ressa held on ‘cyber libel’ charge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/philippine-website-editor-maria-ressa-held-on-cyber-libel-charge/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine website editor Maria Ressa held on ‘cyber libel’ charge">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
An international non-government organisation, The Global Witness, has reported that 48 individuals were killed in the country last year, a majority related to agribusiness. Image: Philstar By KEN E. CAGULA in Davao City The massive human rights violations committed against indigenous peoples or Lumads and peasants are designed to silence the opposition to the continuing ... <a title="Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/killings-arrests-as-military-flush-out-mindanao-environmental-defenders/" aria-label="Read more about Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Former Pacific Media Watch editor and now Tagata Pasifika journalist Alistar Kata (left) and AUT masters research student Pauline Mago-King from Papua New Guinea who attended this week’s gender-based violence media workshop. Image: Star Kata/Instagram By Pauline Mago-King Seventeen women journalists from the Asia-Pacific region gathered in the Victorian capital of Melbourne this week to ... <a title="Asia-Pacific journalists plan strategy for gender-based violence reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/asia-pacific-journalists-plan-strategy-for-gender-based-violence-reporting/" aria-label="Read more about Asia-Pacific journalists plan strategy for gender-based violence reporting">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
“This indictment is evidence that the law has been weaponised – the NBI’s own lawyers recommended the case be thrown out,” says Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. Image: Rappler Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the latest “absurd charges” that the Philippine Justice Department is planning to bring against the news website ... <a title="Philippine website accused in ‘absurd’ seven-year-old media libel case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/philippine-website-accused-in-absurd-seven-year-old-media-libel-case/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine website accused in ‘absurd’ seven-year-old media libel case">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines president Archbishop Romulo Valles (right) and vice-president Bishop Pablo Virgilio David address the media in a press conference yesterday. Image: Maria Tan/Rappler By Paterno Esmaquel II in Manila The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has slammed the “cycle of hate” in the country as seen in the ... <a title="Bishops slam ‘cycle of hate’ they say is destroying moral fabric of Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/bishops-slam-cycle-of-hate-they-say-is-destroying-moral-fabric-of-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about Bishops slam ‘cycle of hate’ they say is destroying moral fabric of Philippines">Read more</a>
