Lian Buan
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ICC resumes investigation into Duterte drug war killings
(1st UPDATE) No one in particular is named in the investigation yet, not even former president Rodrigo Duterte, who is in all the reports thus far. But the ICC is usually interested in, if not the head of state, high-ranking officials. → Read More
EXPLAINER: How CTA ruled in favor of Maria Ressa, Rappler in tax evasion case
The tax court declares: 'Rappler did not earn any trading income from the issuance of PDRs to foreign entities' → Read More
Philippine court acquits Nobel laureate Maria Ressa, Rappler of tax evasion
(4th UPDATE) An emotional Ressa says after the verdict: 'Today, facts win, truth wins, justice wins' → Read More
'Too slow, too late justice' for activists who settled for bail release
'Sana 'yung kasong ito maging babala dun sa mga judge na nagpapagamit sa gobyerno at kapulisan, mali 'yun, sana matuto sila,' says newly-freed activist Ram Carlo Bautista → Read More
Philippines becomes global case study of media repression
'It’s very sad to see the denigration of media in the Philippines,' says UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression Irene Khan → Read More
After Duterte, pressure is on Marcos to renew expiring EU tariff perks
Marcos has the unlucky task of applying for the GSP+ again by the end of 2023. Is it a tool powerful enough to convince him to reverse Duterte's actions in the area of human rights? → Read More
Chief Justice Gesmundo: Supreme Court's stabilizing force
Gesmundo would not be the favorite justice of libertarians, but colleagues on the bench down to judges see him as the much-needed stabilizing force of the Court → Read More
For Fidel V. Ramos, pesky journalists were not the enemies
Journalists who covered the late FVR remember him as a leader who understood the value of an adversarial relationship with the press → Read More
Remulla's PCGG plan: Finish recovering Marcos ill-gotten wealth, manage other assets
'Now it's 36 years after the fact, I don't think we need to spend the next hundred years running after the Marcoses,' says Remulla → Read More
What is Marcos' ICC plan? Meetings start with Roque on board
(1st UPDATE) 'I was retained as counsel so anything and everything I will discuss with PBBM will be confidential,' says Roque → Read More
Court interpreted novel law in most prejudicial way vs us – Ressa's cyber libel appeal
Rappler journalists plead the court to look at the constitutionality of libel → Read More
What Marcos excluded in SONA: Human rights, justice, peace
By evading these topics, he also did not have to tackle what's attached to them: accountability → Read More
Justice Quiroz leaving Sandiganbayan to join Marcos Cabinet?
If he accepts, Alex Quiroz will be overseeing 732 government corporations → Read More
Decriminalize libel: PH junked one-third of cyber libel cases filed since 2012
The data 'strongly imply that Philippine law on cyber libel should be decriminalized,' says CenterLaw lawyer Gilbert Andres → Read More
In The Hague, Filipinos toast to int'l law while ICC is demonized at home
Former ICC judge Raul Pangalangan says international law is about ideals, hopes, and dreams 'that will outlive all of us' → Read More
Inside new DOJ: Remulla puts prosecutors and Bilibid under tight watch
Timing also puts Remulla's DOJ at the center of the first litmus test of the Marcos-Duterte alliance: how to deal with the ICC → Read More
NTF-ELCAC not recommending CPP-NPA peace talks under Marcos
The NTF-ELCAC under Marcos says it will not weaponize the anti-terror law → Read More
WATCH: First press conference of Marcos' NTF-ELCAC
The press conference starts at 1 pm Friday, July 15 → Read More
Bulatlat losing half its readers to 'terror' block, but judge says that's not urgent
Esperon's lawyer Ferdinand Topacio wants to implead the anti-terror council for an act that the former national security adviser may have done on his own → Read More
When CA upheld Ressa's conviction, it extended cyber libel shelf life to 15 years
Cyber libel might face a new constitutional battle. 'I hope that the Philippine Supreme Court will now set things right,' says Maria Ressa's counsel, international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney → Read More