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Jairo Bolledo

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Covers:  Justice, police, crime, and human rights
@rapplerdotcom reporter covering justice, human rights, and impunity • Alum & lecturer, PUP journ • 🧡 @ENHYPEN • For leads: 📩 jairo.bolledo@rappler.com

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I am a Manila-based journalist reporting justice, police, crime, and human rights.

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Endemic disappearances cloud hope for 11 latest desaparecidos under Marcos Jr.

Endemic disappearances cloud hope for 11 latest desaparecidos under Marcos Jr.

'For now, I think that the institutions of government are useless in defending victims of human rights violat…

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Supreme Court wants a prisoner rights writ but BuCor disagrees

Supreme Court wants a prisoner rights writ but BuCor disagrees

The legal and moral debate also centers on this question: how to balance interests - protecting a prisoner's …

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Navotas killing zone: 3rd young man killed in 2 months in same area

Navotas killing zone: 3rd young man killed in 2 months in same area

John Rey Basie, 18, was the target of the Navotas police in an operation that mistakenly killed his neighbor …

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For Philippine lawyers, there's no running away from murder

For Philippine lawyers, there's no running away from murder

Maria Saniata Liwliwa Gonzales Alzate, shot dead in Abra on September 14, is the third lawyer killed under th…

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Teenager John Frances Ompad wanted to be a cop, but was killed by one

Teenager John Frances Ompad wanted to be a cop, but was killed by one

Unfortunately, Kulot is not the first and last victim of the recent spate of killings involving teens

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'Second Kian': Jemboy Baltazar and the unending cycle of killings

'Second Kian': Jemboy Baltazar and the unending cycle of killings

In the context of killings, the problem with the police is not lack of discipline but 'the total absence of a…

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Judicial and Bar Council opens application for next Supreme Court chief justice

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By Jairo Bolledo Verified
| Rappler Verified
MANILA, Philippines – The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Saturday, August 29, announced the opening of application for the next Supreme Court (SC) chief justice due to the upcoming retirement of Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo. The new chief magistrate, who will be chosen by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., will replace Gesmundo who will retire on November 6. Under the rule, justices are mandated to retire from the judiciary when they reach the age of 70.
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Ombudsman files new corruption cases vs fugitive Zaldy Co

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By Jairo Bolledo Verified
| Rappler Verified
MANILA, Philippines – The Office of the Ombudsman had filed a new set of malversation and graft cases with the Sandiganbayan against fugitive former Ako Bicol representative Zaldy Co and several Department of Public Works and Highways officials, the investigative body announced on Friday, August 28. This time, the cases stemmed from the allegedly anomalous P77-million flood control project in Balagtas, Bulacan.
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Matugas father, son face graft complaints over DPWH contracts

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By Jairo Bolledo Verified
| Rappler Verified
MANILA, Philippines – Surigao del Norte 1st District Representative Francisco “Lalo” Matugas and his son, former representative Francisco “Bingo” Matugas II, are facing malversation and graft complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman over their alleged involvement with a contractor, the investigative body announced on Friday, August 28.
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