Former President Rodrigo Duterte made true of his announcement Saturday to run again for mayor of Davao City, as he filed his certificate of candidacy on Monday, October 7, 2024, with his son incumbent mayor Sebastian ‘Baste’ Duterte as his running mate for vice mayor.
As someone who values peace, justice, and equality, I find it important to reflect on the ongoing efforts to bring peace to our country.
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We have barely survived six years of a drug war that has left the nation bloodied and divided, yet two years after the end of the Duterte presidency that started it, we are seeing another kind of drug war happening.
As the country marks National Press Freedom Day, we note that the barriers to its exercise remain.
The tone may have changed, but the press freedom landscape remains virtually unaltered: In the Philippines, journalists remain under attack for reporting the truth; the people’s right to know remains vastly curtailed; and the practice of journalism remains a dangerous act.
Two films from Mindanao won awards in the recently concluded 20th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.
The publicized family feud surrounding two-time Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo has drawn reactions on media’s coverage on this matter.
The Marcos Jr. government will not stop the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor from interviewing five former police officers who are suspects in the previous Duterte administration’s war on drugs campaign.
Marcos Jr. paints an economic landscape of potentials in the SONA; jobs are now slowly being created and prices are being controlled. But the issues such as low wages, poverty alleviation, developing industry and agriculture remain blank.
The former president Rodrigo Duterte, and his camp have long relied on this playbook of playing up rumors, scandals, and hype to build their political capital, as noted by long-time observers of Davao City politics.
