A Filipina freelance multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker who produces stories and films on the environment, agriculture, human rights, children’s issues, and the struggles of Filipino workers, peasants, and indigenous peoples.
A Filipina freelance multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker who produces stories and films on the environment, agriculture, human rights, children’s issues, and the struggles of Filipino workers, peasants, and indigenous peoples.
For the Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines, this report is not just documentation—it’s a renewed call for justice, accountability, and survival.
Gina Serrano, 51, the wife of extrajudicial killing victim Robert Serrano, gazes at her husband's picture inside their small rented room in a Metro Manila community. Her husband, who was working as an ex-officio officer at the barangay, was killed in front of their 9-year-old son on April 4, 2017, by masked men—just days after they discovered he was on the drug watch list. His death occurred at the height of former President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war where thousands of suspected drug offenders killed in police operations and vigilante-style executions.
Since Duterte’s arrest on March 11, families of the victims seem to have been laughing more lately–in between tears. For them, Duterte’s arrest brought mixed emotions. They are happy that he is finally arrested but also restless of the thought that he might still get out and other perpetrators are not yet held accountable.
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