PCIJ REPORT| SALNs of Cabinet members: An epidemic of redactions

MORE THAN a year after President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed the Freedom of Information executive order, a practice completely reverse of the policy has been creeping onto some documents requested by the public. The likely tool for the unexpected move: a black marker.

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Read more about the article Matina Crossing has a new ?barangay captain
Barangay Matina Crossing 74-A new Punong Barangay Cindy Colina-Sy (Center) (Photo taken from Barangay Matina Crossing 74-A Facebook page)

Matina Crossing has a new ?barangay captain

Barangay Matina Crossing 74-A here has a new village chief after former Punong Barangay Atty. Angela Librado-Trinidad filed her resignation last week.

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Read more about the article Floirendo-Alvarez spat: ‘Banana king’ welcomes Ombudsman’s graft raps
Photos take from Davao del Norte Representative Antonio Floirendo and Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez's Facebook page (davaotoday.com)

Floirendo-Alvarez spat: ‘Banana king’ welcomes Ombudsman’s graft raps

Davao del Norte Representative Antonio Floirendo welcomed the graft case filed by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez at the Office of the Ombudsman over a deal between the Bureau of Corrections and Floirendo-owned Tagum Development Corporation (Tadeco).

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Read more about the article Anti-martial law activists in Davao rally vs tyranny, killings
Members of the Movement Against Tyranny (MAT) march along major streets of Davao City on the 45th anniversary of Martial Law declaration on Thursday, Sept. 21. Protesters call on the President to lift Martial Law in Mindanao and demand justice to all victims of extrajudicial killings. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Anti-martial law activists in Davao rally vs tyranny, killings

She was four years old when former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. declared Martial Law on September 21, 1972.

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Read more about the article Millennials, elders join martial law protest
A survivor of the Marcos-era martial law recalled how he was wrongfully accused as a rebel and suffered because of it during its 45th year commemoration in Cagayan de Oro on Thursday. More than 300 people had joined the protest action from various sectors of society. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Millennials, elders join martial law protest

More than 300 members of the militant groups from Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon joined the protest action held nationwide Thursday as the country marked the 45th year of the declaration of Martial Law by former President Ferdinand Marcos.

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