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Jan 16, 2025 | 
rappler.com | Chay F. Hofileña
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
rappler.com | Chay F. Hofileña |Cara Angeline Oliver
Bookmark this page and watch the concluding part of the Matobato interview this Thursday, January 16, at 7 pmIn Part 1 of the video interview with former Davao Death Squad member Edgar Matobato, he revealed what he knew about the gruesome killings that they carried out upon the orders of former president and former Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
rappler.com | Chay F. Hofileña
We’re midway through the first month of 2025. I hope you’re sufficiently reinvigorated and ready to take on new challenges of the new year. There’s been a lot of pessimism going around, especially if we look at the latest political developments worldwide. For one, there’s great apprehension over Donald Trump taking over the US presidency by next week, January 20. What would that spell for democracy, migration, cultural diversity, and right-wing tendencies?
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
rappler.com | Chay F. Hofileña |Cara Angeline Oliver
Edgar Matobato, former assassin and member of the Davao Death Squad (DDS), turned witness in investigations into extrajudicial killings under former president Rodrigo Duterte. He has left the country and is said to be in protective custody. In a sit-down interview in 2023, he said killers were exported to Manila to carry out the brutal killings.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
rappler.com | Cara Angeline Oliver |Chay F. Hofileña
MANILA, Philippines – Edgar Matobato, former assassin and member of the Davao Death Squad (DDS), turned witness in investigations into extrajudicial killings under former president Rodrigo Duterte. He has left the country and is reportedly safe. In a sit-down interview in 2023, he said killers were exported to Manila to carry out the brutal killings.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Chay F. Hofileña |Glenda M. Gloria |Marites Dañguilan Vitug
Bookmark this page to catch the discussion on Thursday, December 12, at 4 pm! MANILA, Philippines – The year 2024 was nothing short of a political whirlwind for the Philippines marked by power struggles, shifting alliances, and high-stakes maneuvering at the very top. At the center of all the political chaos was the dramatic unraveling of the UniTeam of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Chay F. Hofileña
In the last few weeks, the editors and managers of Rappler have been busy assessing this year to better prepare for the year ahead. Worldwide, the future of news and journalism itself appears bleak from where we stand: numerous closures, lay-offs, forced retirements, dwindling revenues, rising threats from big tech — ranging from the deprioritization of news on social media platforms to the menacing black hole that is AI.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Chay F. Hofileña
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Chay F. Hofileña
As early as 1 pm Wednesday, November 6, the Rappler internal Telegram channel, as well as community US Vote 2024 chat channel, were already sensing a triumph by Donald Trump. If CNN had a Magic Wall, the New York Times had its live Needle, and seeing the live projections of various American media, election coverage veterans could already predict what sympathizers of the Democrats would be feeling.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Chay F. Hofileña
I’m back from a week-long leave and found it difficult to completely disconnect, given extended hearings on the drug war killings featuring retired police colonel Royina Garma, and the illegal activities of criminal syndicates linked to Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs).
