Tag: war on drugs

Human Rights advocacy is the latest fashion statement in Imperial Manila

July 28, 2016 benign0 25 Comments

Whose side are Filipino “activists” on nowadays? From all the chest-thumping and fist-waving we are seeing all over social media and mainstream media nowadays, it would seem that the Philippines’ chattering classes are on the side of the crooks! That is exactly how both President Rodrigo Duterte’s massive base of voters and the broader swathe…

Crime, Culture, Society

Why I Still Value ‘Due Process’…

July 27, 2016 Grimwald 19 Comments

Now, before you go thinking that I’m an anti-Duterte and pro-drug lord activist, let me clarify to you that no, I am not against the progress brought forth by the new administration. Indeed, I believe it is high time that something be done about our many social issues, especially that of the illegal drug trade…

Crime, Media, Politics, Society

On Deceptive Media and Photojournalism

July 27, 2016July 28, 2016 Hector Gamboa 95 Comments

During President Rodrigo Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) he called out a recent photograph published at the Inquirer showing a slain Michael Siargo, a suspected drug pusher, being held by his partner as if it is being portrayed as Mary carrying the dead cadaver of Jesus Christ. The President called out the…

Crime, Media, Politics

Aquino supporters are blocking Duterte’s War on Drugs

July 23, 2016September 30, 2016 benign0 109 Comments

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” has a problem. There is a noisy minority who is against it and bent on making Duterte look like the bad guy at every step of his campaign to rid the country of the drug scourge. As if it weren’t hard enough dealing with drug lords and other…

Crime, Government, Politics