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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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September 18, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Laurens Ikinia Governor Lukas Enembe of Indonesia’s Melanesian province of Papua has been banned from travelling abroad by the state Directorate General of Immigration, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, preventing him undergoing vital medical treatment in the Philippines. Governor Enembe, 55, was due to go to Manila this month. However, his ... <a title="Jakarta bans Papuan governor Enembe from vital medical treatment trip" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/18/jakarta-bans-papuan-governor-enembe-from-vital-medical-treatment-trip/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta bans Papuan governor Enembe from vital medical treatment trip">Read more</a>
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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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August 5, 2022
By Murray Horton As I was having breakfast in my Christchurch suburban dining room on Monday morning, I heard a loud but indeterminate noise. I actually thought it was a quake, but as there was no shaking, I assumed it came from the noisy construction site two doors away. So, I ignored it and carried ... <a title="Murray Horton: The day the police came looking for a swifty Mr Gangster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/05/murray-horton-the-day-the-police-came-looking-for-a-swifty-mr-gangster/" aria-label="Read more about Murray Horton: The day the police came looking for a swifty Mr Gangster">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>
