CONSIDERATIONS TO KNOW ABOUT PHILIPPINES: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS)

A distinguished critic of Duterte and Marcos, Percival Mabasa, was gunned down south of Manila in Oct, and soon afterwards Loss of life threats ended up despatched to at least 3 journalists on social media. Law enforcement in simple clothes paid out ‘shock visits’ to houses of a number of reporters, stoking fears of surveillance of journalists.