inquirer special report – Thinking Port

Congestion turns PNP, BJMP jails into tinderboxes

August 19, 2018 admin BJMP, inquirer special report, jail congestion, Latest News Stories, Nation

(First of two parts) Like many other inmates at Manila City Jail, Baste is a “balikbayan” — someone who has done time before. The others are proud of the distinction, but the 32-year-old from the slums of Santa Mesa lacks the grit associated with recidivists. It’s because in his two arrests — the first in […]

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Bridge projects first step to interconnected Visayas

June 19, 2018 admin Headlines, inquirer special report, Latest News Stories, Nation, NEDA, perry fajardo, Rodrigo Duterte, visayas bridge projects

“Too good to be true,” a former regional official of the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said of the Duterte administration’s plans to build eight bridges to connect islands in the Visayas.

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