The official motto of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is “we serve and protect”. Filipinos might well ask – whom? On 23 November 2009, 58 people were kidnapped and slaughtered in Maguindanao province, southern Philippines. Women in the group were raped, shot and mutilated. The bodies were buried by use of an earthmoving construction tractor. [...]
Policing the Philippines’ law enforcers
April 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Tags: Political reporting
The fate of newspapers
February 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Twelve years ago I ran the following cover in a magazine of which I was the editor in chief. In the accompanying package of stories we asked various journalists in Manila for their opinions about the effect of the Internet on newspapers. At that time, newspapers in the Philippines were only beginning to go online. [...]
Tags: Online Journalism
