June 2016

Rebuilding Lumad’s Dismantled Rights, One Story at a Time
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For decades, indigenous peoples (IP), or lumad, in the country have endured systemic neglect and discrimination. Some of the physical structures that are meant to serve their collective needs such as education are a testament to this sad reality. Imagine...
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Building from the Rubble
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When a 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook the Bohol province in October 2013, followed in less than a month by super typhoon Yolanda that wreaked havoc on Eastern Visayas, the media rose to the occasion in providing the public with a steady...
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Don’t shoot the messenger, Mr. President, A PPI Statement
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The Philippine Press Institute (PPI) urgently calls on the incoming administration to commit itself in no uncertain terms to protecting journalists and other media workers in the country and thus uphold the constitutionally enshrined freedom of the press. The country’s...
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Conference Editorial for the 20th National Press Forum
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West Philippine Sea in the Public Mind: Beyond Sound Bites As the Philippines heads into a new political dispensation, much of the country is watching with bated breath how the newly minted President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will sooner or later deal...
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