April, 2017

Human rights part of trade conditions, EU reminds PH

April 3, 2017 · By Paterno Esmaquel II for www.rappler.com

(3rd UPDATE) ‘It’s not 27 [human rights] conventions that we are imposing on you. It’s 27 conventions that you already signed up for in the UN system,’ EU Ambassador Franz Jessen says MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) – Slammed by President Rodrigo Duterte for supposedly meddling in domestic affairs, the European Union (EU) denied it is […]

Palace: Duterte not against Philippine media

April 3, 2017 · By Audrey Morallo for www.philstar.com

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang defended on Friday President Rodrigo Duterte’s diatribe against the media the previous day, clarifying that the president was not attacking Philippine media. Ernesto Abella, the presidential spokesman, defended Duterte a day after the president slammed two media entities for their alleged distortion of his statements. “The president’s remarks on ABS-CBN Corporation […]

Media watchdog: Duterte attack a historic low for highest office

April 3, 2017 · By Philippine Daily Inquirer for newsinfo.inquirer.net

President Rodrigo Duterte’s expletive-laden attacks on the media have brought the presidency to a historic low, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) said on Friday. “Made publicly and without any bases whatsoever, the President’s allegations against the media constitute verbal abuse — the cheapest form of harassment and intimidation that has brought the […]

PERV AT THE PALACE: Paedophile Trevor Francis who received MBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace is exposed as a serial child abuser

April 3, 2017 · By y Paul Harper and Robert Collins for www.thesun.co.uk

Pervert Trevor Francis was a “Jekyll and Hyde” character who subjected kids to brutal physical attacks and sexual assaults in a care home But a court heard yesterday Francis abused children in their bed, attacked a boy who tried to escape and battered children with a slipper at a children’s home in the mid 70s. […]