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Howard Johnson

2 years

Bongbong Marcos has steered away from tough TV debates and questions from independent journalists while election campaigning. BBC News asked: ‘Can you really be a good president if you’re not doing serious interviews?’

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2 years

Leni Robredo: The woman leading the Philippines' 'pink revolution'

Leni Robredo: The woman leading the Philippines' 'pink revolution'

She has rallied tens of thousands of young voters. But can she beat frontrunner Bongbong Marcos?

www.bbc.co.uk

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The BBC News correspondents who reported from the Philippines in the 1980s are sadly no longer with us, but their work lives on. Here’s Brian Barron reporting on “one of the cruelest and corrupt regimes in modern Asia” in 1986. 1/3

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WATCH: BBC News breaking news coverage of the rejection of ABS-CBN’s broadcasting franchise Pt1 #ABSCBNFranchiseHearing

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Three years ago I covered the death of 17-yr-old Kian Delos Santos, the most prominent extrajudicial killing of the Philippine drug war. You can see the impact it had on his family / community in this short video

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LOOK: This art installation has popped up outside the Marcos-era Cultural Center of the Philippines. A sign reads: “KAINGIN is a fable, a cautionary tale of the consequences of being consumed by societal ills and forgetting our humanity.”

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BBC NEWS: Philippine dictator’s son runs for the presidency. Features @JimLaurie_Asia who was in Malacañang Palace the day the Marcos family were forced out of the country by a popular revolt. 1/2

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Leni Robredo’s final ‘pink power’ rally before Monday’s presidential elections. Her supporters tell us she’s the best qualified to lead. Her critics say she’s too close to the rich & powerful families of the Philippines. NB the crowd estimate has now increased to >750K #phvote

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WATCH: Want to know what the media was like under the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos? Here’s the BBC’s Julian Pettifer reporting from Manila in 1974, two years into martial law 1/2

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#Greenhills Hostage-taker gives media conference outside mall. Apologies to hostages. Said he complained of work-related issues and alleges management didn’t do anything to help him. Some security staff & mall workers cheer during his speech.

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WATCH: BBC News - Police corporal in Philippines charged with double murder of mother and son 1/2

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WATCH: After 10 hours #Greenhills mall hostage-taker leaves building meets police, San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora. Hostages led out first. #vmall #shoppesville

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BREAKING: A United Nations report into allegations of human rights abuses in the Philippines has concluded that government policies have resulted in systematic violations including killings, arbitrary detentions and vilification of dissent #UNHumanRights (Thread)

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Bongbong Marcos: The man attempting to revive a corrupt political dynasty

His father was a dictator, his mum known for her 3,000 pairs of shoes - now "Bongbong" Marcos could lead the Philippines.

www.bbc.com

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This is the end. Last day as Philippines Correspondent 🥺🫳🏻🎤

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WATCH: More than half of 🇵🇭’s 67.5 million eligible voters are under the age of 40 - with no experience of life under Ferdinand Marcos’s autocratic rule that ended following a popular uprising in 1986. It makes Gen Z and Millennials a key target for election success. 1/2

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LOOK: Philippine President Duterte sprays his mouth with a sanistiser dispenser during government stream of covid19 cabinet meeting, repeats line that gasoline can be used as a disinfectant.

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In explaining why he did it, the hostage taker said they (security guards) were seen as “small” people. Alleges mistreatment by company management. #greenhills

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2 years

I’m leaving the Philippines today 🇵🇭It’s been an honour covering the news here. Maraming salamat ❤️

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“People get their information on Facebook. And they can’t tell the difference between the truth and a lie”. This doc studies attacks on journalism in USA, Brazil and Mexico, but much of it applies to the Philippines where good journalists are harassed for upholding democracy.

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The state of politics in Philippines... A food bank for the poor (during a crippling Covid-19 recession) suspended because it is deemed Communist.

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People lining up at the Maginhawa Community Pantry were asked to go home because there will be no food distribution today. Redtagging and attacks against the organizer and volunteers of the pantry forced them to pause operations, leaving some families hungry @ABSCBNNews

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According to Kate Contreras on YouTube: "Hi the Filipino guy [Raul Contreras] was my father. Was so touched by all the comments and praises. And yes, he was extremely brilliant. Was shocked this video even existed."

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16 yr old Filipino student spitting facts since 1956. USA are you listening?

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BREAKING: International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda requests judicial authorisation to proceed with an investigation into crimes against humanity connected to Philippines’ “war on drugs” campaign.

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LOOK: Latest from Guinness World Records on their ongoing review of Ferdinand Marcos’ “Greatest Robbery of a Government” title.

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Lawyers for Marcos say medical certificate presented. Bongbong's physician cites swollen throat, fever &risk of exposure to Covid +ve people. Recommended he take paracetamol. Head of Commission asks why he can't appear on video even if he can't speak? Lawyer: Risk of Covid spread

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@JimLaurie_Asia was in Malacañang Palace the day the Marcos family were forced to leave the Philippines. Inside he saw “Designer dresses with the labels still on from Bergdorf Goodman in New York and other shops in Paris & Rome…thousands of shoes…a gold-plated bathroom…” 2/2

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2 years

International Observer Mission: May 9 Philippine elections fall short of free, fair election standards

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WATCH: Rappler’s Maria Ressa appears at Makati City Hall for scheduled arraignment on 2ND cyber-libel charge. Ressa: “In which world can you go to jail for a tweet of a screen-grab of a newspaper article?”

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"I leave the Philippines appreciating more than ever the values of human rights, education, and freedom of speech. Because if you let them to backslide, any country can turn into a political dystopia." Listen to my final despatch from 🇵🇭 on BBC Sounds 👉🏼 …

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The big story for the Philippines and Facebook in 2022, ahead of presidential elections in May

Rewriting history in the Philippines and the fight for the truth

How supporters of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos have been exploiting social media to spread fake news as his family stages a political comeback.

www.bbc.com

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2 years

Dear Robinhood,

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Boni Ilagan’s sister was abducted by govt forces during Ferdinand Marcos’ martial law rule. Rizalina never came home. Mr Ilagan tells BBC News: “How can the likes of me find peace with the past, when the disappearance of my sister has not been explained?” (Published 26 April) 1/2

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4 years

Snatched interview with Maria Ressa: The quality of our democracy is at stake #mariaressa #rappler

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WATCH: BBC NEWS - Arguments for and against Manila’s new artificial white ‘sand’ beach

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WATCH: 15.12 July 10, 2020 the moment ABS-CBN’s fate was sealed, no franchise renewal. It’s the second time the Philippines’ biggest broadcaster has been fully shuttered, the first time was during dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ martial law.

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Congratulations @AttyLeiladeLima , finally released (on bail). BBC News won’t have to shout the questions at you next time! 😊

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4 years

Today marks the 1000th day opposition Senator Leila de Lima has been detained while on trial for conspiracy to trade drugs. Supporters say the charges are “trumped up” bc she investigated allegations of EJKs under Pres. Duterte. Here’s the time the BBC shouted a question at her:

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LOOK: A car submerged in floodwater on the North Circular A406 in London, near South Woodford. Traffic is backing up in both directions. #londonflooding #londonthunderstorms

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The BBC News correspondents who reported from the Philippines in the 1980s are sadly no longer with us, but their work lives on. Here’s Brian Barron reporting on “one of the cruelest and corrupt regimes in modern Asia” in 1986. 2/3

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Projected onto BBC Broadcasting House

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I’m used to seeing Nobel peace laureate @mariaressa attending the scores of court hearings that aim to silence Rappler, so it was great to see her celebrated in London tonight as she promotes her new book: How to Stand Up to a Dictator #CourageOn

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One of many vile threats this week, reported to Meta / Facebook #defendpressfreedom #Halalan2022

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LOOK: BBC News footage from Scarborough Shoal appeared in an SMNI trailer last night with the words: “[SMNI] has a strong stand on what’s right. We will not betray the People. And we will not be exchanged for anything. Honest and not a thief.”

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LOOK: The Maginhawa Community Pantry has evolved to become a committee of other food banks that distribute donations to communities in need. Today’s meeting has discussed safety measures and operation hours to minimise risk to those queuing for food.

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Brian Barron reporting from the Philippines in 1986: “A sick old man surrounded by sycophants”. 3/3

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1 year

🚨 Some personal news: With a heavy heart, I’m leaving BBC News next month. Here’s a short reel of how I went from Millbank receptionist (2004) to foreign correspondent 🌏📈

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3 years

Satan is trending in 🇵🇭, here’s why: An army general, tasked with tackling Communist armed conflict, compares the relief work of community pantry founder Patricia Non with Satan tempting Eve with the apple.

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LOOK: Rice packs with Bongbong Marcos’ name and logo for 2022 elections bound for #TyphoonRai humanitarian aid effort on Siargao Island

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I had this topographical map of🇵🇭 by @mapmakerdavid when I lived in Manila. See how the Cagayan Valley (top) resembles a wine glass, 2 long mountain ridges that funnel runoff into the lowland. That's why flooding will be a big deal in the coming days #KardingPH #TyphoonNoru

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The Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the country’s top diplomat, was criticised yesterday for swearing at a @inquirerdotnet journalist. This morning he tweeted this to a @PhilippineStar journalist... then deleted it.

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WATCH: The late Brian Hanrahan was a leading BBC foreign correspondent for over 20 years, witnessing and reporting on many of the world’s major events. Here’s his report on 🇵🇭 elections in 1984 amidst “soaring inflation” and a “collapsing economy”. 1/3

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3 years

Benigno Aquino III: The quiet son of Philippine democracy icons

The former Philippine president known as "Noynoy" and scion of the Aquino family has died aged 61.

www.bbc.co.uk

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LOOK: 🇵🇭 Manila at midnight! Happy New Year!!! #2022NewYear

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WATCH: BBC News breaking news coverage of the rejection of ABS-CBN’s broadcasting franchise Pt2 #ABSCBNFranchiseHearing

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#Bono uses Manila concert to call Red Cross volunteers, journalists and activists in the Philippines “everyday heroes”. Says journalists are “truth tellers” keeping the country “spiritually safe”. #U2 #joshuatreetour2019

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Warning: Endless awful violence in the Philippines... this time against a National Union of People’s Lawyers representative

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Head of Commission tells parties to submit final memoranda to the petitions within 48 hours. Bongbong Marcos' lawyers ask for 15 days, but COMELEC head denies request.

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Today on BBC News... Divers find Philippine coral reef littered with blue surgical face masks (the single-use ones popular during the Covid-19 pandemic). THREAD 1/10

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“In Ifugao tradition, the Bulul symbolises the people of 'Pugaw’ or 'Earthworld', or more simply, the people of our Earth. The red thread of fate is tied around the world, and it's the tie that binds us. This is a prayer for a revolution, and each one of us is the revolution.”

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It’s my last day at BBC News. During my 19-yr career I travelled to 40+ countries & witnessed volcanic eruptions, quakes, typhoons, cave rescues, and autocratic leaders. Thank you to everyone who supported me 🙌🏻 + Here’s to single parents & state school scrappers⚡️Keep pushing!

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Amal Clooney: “With today’s judgment @mariaressa has reached the end of the road in her case. She now has one last chance to see justice being done in a final appeal… heard by the 🇵🇭Supreme Court. We will soon know whether freedom of expression and the rule of law will survive.”

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No mention by President Marcos of improving press freedom, human rights, and tackling extra judicial killings - three blights on the Philippines’ global reputation #SONA2022 📷: RTVM

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The original cut of this piece featured Jim’s ABC News footage inside Malacañang Palace in 1986 and reporting from Manila airport after witnessing the assassination of Sen. Aquino in 1983 (we couldn’t secure it). You can see all his original material here:

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WATCH: Want to know what the media was like under the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos? Here’s the BBC’s Julian Pettifer reporting from Manila in 1974, two years into martial law 2/2

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“A dictator and his cronies would perpetuate themselves in power and Ninoy was the biggest stumbling block. So, first they took away his freedom… finally, they took his life.” — I wonder if this bust will still be at the airport when I visit the Philippines again?

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3 years

BBC NEWS: Queues for food, stressed hospitals and mounting urns at a crematorium... a snapshot of the Covid-19 situation in Metro Manila. 1/2

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WATCH: BBC News breaking news coverage of the rejection of ABS-CBN’s broadcasting franchise Pt3 #ABSCBNFranchiseHearing

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BBC NEWS update on 🇨🇳🇵🇭dispute over WPS/SCS claims. Tonight the Chinese Embassy in Manila, quoted in a PhilStar report, said: “Chasing a civilian boat by such warship is unimaginable”.

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WATCH: Around 200 vehicles travel from ABS-CBN HQ to the Philippine House of Representatives to appeal to lawmakers to extend their broadcasting franchise. The crucial vote is now expected to happen tomorrow #ABSCBNfranchise

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A local source from Cebu City said, no visible coordinated effort on ground. People walking the streets looking for gas for generators (because power is down) and water. There’s a feeling of “no-one knows what’s going on.” Are you in Cebu? What are you seeing?

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3 years

WATCH: BBC News - Philippine police corporal charged with double murder of mother and son. 2/2

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BBC News travels to Scarborough Shoal to see if China is abiding by the 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling that found its actions there unlawful. We witness a continuing blockade vs Filipino fishermen by China’s Coast Guard & Maritime Militia.

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BBC News asks if Bono has any plans to meet Rodrigo Duterte. #Bono : ”President Duterte is very popular, he doesn’t need me on his side and as it happens I have a very deep conviction about journalism. I probably would have been a journalist if I wasn’t a singer... 1/2 #U2

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3 years

🇵🇭 Philippines’ @mariaressa wins @FPALondon Journalist of the Year 2020 🇵🇭

Foreign Press Association in London

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3 years

View a full list of winners from this year's FPA Media Awards at #FPAawards20 #Media #Awards

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The best thing about covering Maria Ressa is that no matter how much pressure she’s under, she’s always smiling! Congratulations on the #NobelPeacePrize to @mariaressa and all of Rappler’s fearless journalists incl. @piaranada @patevangelista @lianbuan 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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President Duterte appears to stumble as he arrives at the Batasang Pambansa Complex to deliver his last State of Nation Address.

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"Bongbong, wearing a golden crown, rides on a white stallion through the clouds... A psalm reference in the corner of the painting helps decode the imagery - Apo 21:1 a revelation that describes an angel flying over the holy, walled city of Jerusalem."

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LOOK: “I bite racists” becomes “I bite fascists” for protestors rallying against the Philippine govt’s controversial #AntiTerrorBill . The government says it’s needed to counter insurgenices. Critics fear it will be used to clampdown on critics of the govt.

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WATCH: The amazing moment when the last of the Wild Boar team made it to Chiang Rai Hospital #thamluangcave #thamluang #ถ้ำหลวง #13 ชีวิตติดถ้ำ #13 ชีวิตรอดแล้ว #พาหมูป่ากลับบ้าน #ThailandCaveRescue

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I asked British diver John Volanthen how he feels about being portrayed as a hero? “It’s not like that. If you could do the same for someone else’s child you would. I hope.” #thamluangcave #thamluang #ถ้ำหลวง #13 ชีวิตติดถ้ำ #13 ชีวิตรอดแล้ว #พาหมูป่ากลับบ้าน #ThailandCaveRescue

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Brian Barron obituary: Courageous and long-serving BBC foreign correspondent.

Brian Barron obituary

Obituary: Courageous and long-serving BBC foreign correspondent

www.theguardian.com

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2 years

The mothership 👽

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4 years

BBC News has attended every one of @mariaressa / #Rappler ’s cyber-libel trial dates. Join us tomorrow on BBC World News from 07:00 local / 12:00BST for coverage of the verdict. We will be in the courtroom to hear the promulgation at 08:30 #mariaressa #cyberlibel

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BREAKING The UN adopts a resolution that spares the Philippines from an international probe into alleged human rights abuses, ‘recognising’, the govt’s announcement of a review panel that would re-evaluate cases of deaths during police drug war operations. THREAD #UNHRC45

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3 years

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🇵🇭 Troll trigger alert!🚨😨 BBC + HRW + Rappler @condeHRW @lianbuan

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While talking about facts proven by court and bank documents, private diaries, audio recordings, independent media, diplomatic, intelligence & whistleblower accounts, a Filipino person told me they are lies:“That was before we had social media. Social media showed us the truth.”

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3 years

You can see last night's Chinese News TV on ABS-CBN here. The bulletin opens with map of 🇨🇳🇵🇭 in the same colour & disclaimer: "The views and opinions... do not necessarily reflect the policies & positions of this network". Is that full editorial control?

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6 years

Latest update from #thamluangcave #thamluang #ถ้ำหลวง as of 18.00 local time

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LOOK (sound on): Metro Manila under enhanced community quarantine today. I’ve noticed air quality has improved recently, also the shopping mall’s noisy AC unit has been switched off, still some movement of vehicles on streets in Makati #COVID19 #COVID19PH

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NEW: International Criminal Court, Office of the Prosecutor releases update on preliminary examination of the situation in the Philippines. “The Office anticipates reaching a decision on whether to seek authorisation to open an investigation... in the first half of 2021” [thread]

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“A dealer in securities? We’re not, we’re a news organisation.” @mariaressa in court again facing tax evasion charges, some of the 11 filed against her and Rappler. Says dealing with cases is “the price of doing journalism, unfortunately”.

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LOOK: Protesters mock up President Duterte sleeping under a mosquito net with signs above that read “No more ZZZ, defend our ZZZ”

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A private company is digging a reservoir around 500M away from cave entrance for water that’s being pumped out of complex. Authorities say level inside cave is falling by 1.5cm per hour today #thamluangcave #thamluang #ถ้ำหลวง #13 ชีวิตติดถ้ำ #13 ชีวิตรอดแล้ว #พาหมูป่ากลับบ้าน

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WATCH: BBC News update on Philippine govt’s reaction to International Criminal Court Prosecutor’s call for a full investigation into allegations of murders, crimes against humanity committed during the country’s “war on drugs”

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BREAKING: International Criminal Court Pre-Trial Chamber I authorises Prosecutor to resume investigation into crimes allegedly committed in the Philippines between 1 November 2011 and 16 March 2019 in the context of the Government of the Philippines' "war on drugs" campaign.

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WATCH: BBC footage of ambulance leaving cave site amidst reports first boys from trapped football team have been rescued #thamluangcave #thamluang #ถ้ำหลวง #13 ชีวิตติดถ้ำ #13 ชีวิตรอดแล้ว #พาหมูป่ากลับบ้าน #ThailandCaveRescue

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Here’s the sad part. Tisay, who is now ~13 years old, is staying in the Philippines with Ate Beth. She spends most of her days sleeping and has wobbly back legs. I didn’t want to put her through hours of trauma for what I’m guessing could be the last year of her life. 1/2

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Howard Johnson

@Howardrjohnson

2 years

A timely read 🇵🇭 “A 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge and the fight against all the odds to preserve it.”

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