“all discussions came at the instigation of departmental officials and they led discussions with respect to contract and program parameters.”
Category: Politics
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Judges group slams ‘abusive criticism’, attacks vs. judiciary
Maria Angelita Ressa and Reynaldo Santos Jr. were ordered to pay the complainant, businessman Wilfredo Keng, PHP400,000 in moral and exemplary damages
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Ressa ‘politicized’ press freedom: Palace exec
MANILA – Presidential Human Rights Committee Secretariat (PHRCS) Undersecretary Severo Catura on Monday night cautioned against the politicization of human rights, particularly of press freedom, in relation to the cyber libel conviction of Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa. During an online program “Biblia at Politika”, Catura said politicizing human rights could weaken societal structures and...
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UN experts show ‘bias’ vs. Duterte gov’t
"The Philippines has continuously discharged its obligations to punish violations of human rights. We have legislation and mechanisms against torture and enforced disappearances, laws to enforce international humanitarian law, and penal laws that have been crafted to protect and promote human rights as enshrined in our Constitution,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said.
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Ressa’s conviction case of ‘bad journalism, lawyering’: Palace
There is no suppression of the freedom of the press. It was a case of bad journalism. It was a case of bad lawyering,”
-Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel.
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Conviction of Ressa, Santos not ‘cause for concern’: Andanar
“In reality, it is a case of accountability,” he said, referring to the case of Ressa and Santos.
Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa on Monday convicted Ressa and Santos of cyber libel and sentenced them to imprisonment ranging from six months and one day to six years.
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Trudeau joins anti-racism protest on Parliament Hill
“We see you and we are listening,” Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders, who is black, tweeted after the meeting. “We have to all stay in this together to make change.”
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Malacañang Palace to United Nation’s rights chief: Filipinos’ rights, freedoms protected
Under RA 11469, people who are peddling false news about Covid-19 pandemic could face a two-month jail sentence or a fine ranging from PHP10,000 to PHP1 million, or both.
Nevertheless, the Philippines has a “working, independent and functioning" justice system
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Ex-US president Bush on Floyd: Time to ‘listen’
While noting that "looting is not liberation, and destruction is not progress," Bush said the "tragedy" of Floyd's death "raises a long overdue question: How do we end systemic racism in our society?"
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ABS-CBN to stop its broadcast operations on May 5 in compliance with the NTC order
The Cease and Desist Order from National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) covers 42 television stations across the country, including the flagship Channel 2, 10 digital broadcast channels, 18 FM stations, and 5 AM stations.