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Rappler correspondent barred from coverage
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17 May 2021, 18:13 GMT+10
CMFR?PHILIPPINES A Rappler reporter was initially barred from entering the premises of the Central Visayas police headquarters in Cebu City on May 14 to cover the release of one of the Lumad teachers arrested during a raid on their school in February.
Cebu City is 1,000 kilometers south of Manila.
Rappler reporter Lorraine Ecarma was covering the release of Chad Booc, one of the seven teachers and activists arrested in a resue operation of bakwits or internally displaced individuals, when she was stopped at the gate and prevented from entering the compound.
In a Rappler video, Ecarma said that other media outlets were allowed inside. When asked for an explanation, she was told that Rappler is a purveyor of fake news.
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From award-winning filmmaker Ramona Diaz,
A Thousand Cuts chronicles the story of journalist Maria Ressa, a top target of President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on the news media. Ressa and her colleagues have been at the forefront of reporting on Duterte’s brutal war on drugs in the Philippines, and she has endured harassment, arrests – and a cyber libel conviction that could result in jail time. In January 2021, she posted bail for her 10th arrest warrant.
Rappler Talk: Naguib Sinarimbo on Bangsamoro region s transition challenges
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The coronavirus pandemic, backlog in hiring government personnel, and delays in turnover of government offices have led Bangsamoro officials to ask for an extension of their time in power. Sinarimbo says the extension would give them enough time to build a government felt by the people.