July 26th, 2021, the day Hidilyn Diaz bagged the country’s first Olympic gold, is a “welcome respite,” and the present generation is “lucky” for witnessing it, Ariel Sebellino, executive director of the Philippine Press Institute said.
When Rodrigo Duterte rose to power five years ago, he promised an independent foreign policy, declaring the Philippines is a friend to all countries and an enemy to none.
International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s “old drug war rhetoric” in his ultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA) days after the Philippines signed a deal with the United Nations to address the country’s human rights abuses.
Ating balikan ang mga ipinangako ng Pangulo sa kanyang unang SONA nung 2016 at kung ano ang mga pangakong natupad o napako.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration weaponized broadcasting franchises to censor media organizations, said journalists a year after the denial of ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal.