As we take pride in the stellar performances of De Leon and Fonacier in these films, we might as well contemplate our representation as workers from the Global South.
The Bureau of Customs in Region 10 (BOC-10) recently seized P20 million-worth of smuggled onions from China at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) Port in Phividec compound, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.
A Twitter account maliciously published the idea that ABS-CBN justice and impunity beat reporter Mike Navallo is either a supporter of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP-NPA-NDFP) or the latter’s “urban operative” embedded in the media.
Progressive groups lambasted the “worsening” human rights violations in the country under the administration of Pres. Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. and Vice Pres. Sara Duterte.
National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) chairperson Jonathan de Santos said the country is “partly free” when it comes to publishing stories and covering certain issues, but undeniably, “there is a fear of reprisal, and there actually have been cases of reprisals.”