Rappler's latest stories on Justice and Security yearend stories 2019
WATCH: Lumad children want to be back in classrooms
Will students from indigenous communities be able to return to their schools now that martial law in Mindanao has been lifted?
What help? Chinese company, gov't officials botch aid to Gem-Ver fishermen
Rappler traces the origin of F/B Pengyou from Batangas to Occidental Mindoro. The tattered boat is the latest in the government's bungled assistance efforts for the fishermen of Gem-Ver.
The second sinking of Gem-Ver
Part 1: Rappler returns to San Jose 5 months later, in November, as the crewmen finish their repairs and prepare to sail back to Recto Bank. While Gem-Ver has been patched up, its men have drifted apart.
Number of environmental defenders killed increases to 49 in 2019
Farmers and agricultural workers remain the most targeted, representing 63% of deaths
Will PH military be China's unwitting accessory to data breach?
Experts say Dito Telecommunity can allow China to mine data of Filipinos, and the Philippine military would be helping it by letting the telco build cell sites in its camps and bases
Military report confirms spying risks in deal with China-backed telco
The China-backed telco’s equipment can indeed be used to spy on the military, says the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ own risk analysis of the ‘co-location’ deal
Fixing the Bureau of Corrections: Government walks a tightrope
Conclusion: The GCTA crisis is a symptom of an institutional problem inside the Bureau of Corrections. Will a Duterte-style approach work?
Bantag tries to slay Bilibid's old monsters, Duterte-style
Part 3: Gerald Bantag literally bulldozed his way to get rid of shanties inside Bilibid on his first week. Will it work in fixing congestion and criminality? We take an inside look.
Unqualified GCTA returnees lose jobs, are detained for months
Part 2: Even if many are not heinous crime convicts, former inmates turn themselves in to the Correctional Institution for Women out of fear of the President. Administrative lapses make them worry they won’t be home for Christmas.
Bilibid returnees die in Duterte administration blunders
Part 1: Massive errors in record-keeping and ill-prepared facilities keep thousands in jail for months, and kill at least 4 convict returnees. They regret heeding the President's call.
In fractured justice system, a simple solution: Let's talk
Setting up more organized and stronger coordinating systems in the justice sector is a global trend. The Philippines tries to keep up.
2019: Year of rough seas for PH in the face of belligerent China
Often undetected, Chinese vessels and warships cross deeper into the Philippines' territorial seas and closer to home
