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Former NUJP president Jaime Espina passes away at 59

Published July 8, 2021, 1:55 PM BACOLOD CITY – Former National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) chairman Jose Jaime Espina passed away here Wednesday, July 7. This was announced by his sister Inday Espina-Varona on Facebook, saying that his 59-year-old brother died peacefully and quietly surrounded by family at 9:20 p.m. Espina, fondly called by colleagues as “Nonoy,” died of liver cancer and just recently, survived a severe COVID-19 infection, according to Varona. Espina, a veteran journalist, was a correspondent of the defunct TODAY newspaper and worked for a time in the lifestyle magazine of the Manila Standard. He also was an editor of the online news outfits Inquirer.net and Interaksyon.

Former human rights lawyer Roque explains why he took the job as Duterte spokesman

Former human rights lawyer Roque explains why he took the job as Duterte spokesman LLANESCA T. PANTI,GMA News Harry Roque at March 8, 2021 briefing Before he became President Rodrigo Duterte s spokesperson, Harry Roque was known as a human rights lawyer who took on high-profile cases such as the Jennifer Laude killing and the Maguindanao Massacre, and co-founded the non-profit Center for International Law (CenterLaw).  Roque left CenterLaw when he was elected to the House of Representatives in 2016, and left the House a year later to become Duterte s spokesperson. In his tenure as the mouthpiece for Malacañang, Roque has found himself defending Duterte, a job that has often seen him go against policies that he himself had previously worked to establish, as a human rights lawyer and advocate.

Culture of impunity

Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid That the present state of impunity had reached an alarming level  was shown by the recent filing of resolutions by six senators who asked for a legislative inquiry into the series of unlawful killings of citizens. Senate Majority Leader Miguel Zubiri and Senators Grace Poe, Juan Edgardo Angara, Sherwin Gatchalian, Nancy Binay, and Joel Villanueva were joined by Sen. Risa Hontiveros who also filed a resolution aimed at seeking justice for Mary Rose Sancelan and her husband and Sen. Imee Marcos who sought an investigation into the “alarming deaths and disappearances” of members of the legal community; and the Makabayan bloc in the Lower House which called for release of the “Human Rights Day 7” – a journalist and six labor organizers.

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