The children of the journalists slain in the Ampatuan massacre in 2009 grew up without knowing their parents who perished in the most journalist murder 15 years ago, as they battled their own struggles being raised by a single parent.
Duterte raised this dare at the start of the November 13 House quad committee hearing on extrajudicial killings and human rights violations committed under his presidency and his mayoral terms in Davao City.
The Altermidya Network reiterates the call to dismiss the charges against our colleague Frenchie Mae Cumpio and the rest of 'Tacloban 5' as the community journalist took the stand for the first time in almost five years on Nov. 11.
Christopher Ryan Maboloc, a philosophy professor of Ateneo de Davao University, and author of “Radical Democracy in the Time of Duterte”, posted this reaction last October 29 about the Senate blue ribbon sub-committee hearing: “Senator Risa Hontiveros achieved nothing yesterday.”
Human rights lawyers in Mindanao criticized former President Rodrigo Duterte for his statements made during the Senate hearing as he justified the extrajudicial killings in his war on drugs campaign.