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Read more about the article Journos question Ombudsman ruling on journalist’s wrongful arrest
Davao Today columnist Margarita Valle (fourth from left) files counter charges before the Office of the Ombudsman on July 4, 2019, against police and army officers who arrested and detained her last June 9. She was joined by her lawyer Katherine Panguban and colleagues from the alternative media and campus press. (Photo by Alyssa Mae Clarin / Bulatlat)

Journos question Ombudsman ruling on journalist’s wrongful arrest

Veteran journalist and Davao Today columnist Margarita 'Ging' Valle will appeal to higher courts the decision of the Ombudsman to acquit police officers who wrongfully arrested her in June 2019.

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Read more about the article Arrests and planting of evidence against two Caraga activists slammed
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Arrests and planting of evidence against two Caraga activists slammed

Arrested are Julieta Gomez, an officer of the Lumad group Kahugpongan sa mga Lumadnong Organisasyon sa Caraga and Niezel Velasco, former project coordinator of the relief organization Bread for Emergency Assistance and Development.

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Read more about the article Nonoy Espina, champion of press freedom and media workers’ rights, writes 30
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Nonoy Espina, champion of press freedom and media workers’ rights, writes 30

Jose Jaime “Nonoy” Llavore Espina walked his talk in defending press freedom and welfare of media workers in the country, braved vilification and threats on his life and said this line many times over: The press is free not because it is allowed to be free. It is free because it insists on being free.

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Read more about the article Former ICC prosecutor’s request to probe Duterte’s ‘’war on drugs’’: A relief to victims, complainants
President Rodrigo Duterte in a press briefing has placed Luzon under enhanced community quarantine last March 16, 2010. (Presidential photo)

Former ICC prosecutor’s request to probe Duterte’s ‘’war on drugs’’: A relief to victims, complainants

Countless in the country heaved a sigh of relief after the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda’s request on June 14 for a judicial authorization to proceed with an investigation on President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s ‘’war on drugs’’ that killed thousands since 2016.

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