Media brokers come under heat for allegedly threatening whistleblower to protect Dutertes

Journalists have been called to hearings of the House of Representatives probing into the Duterte war on drugs, and often it’s to testify on stories done to expose state abuses in the campaign.

But not so for Paul Gutierrez and Benny Antiporda, members of the National Press Club who were former media practitioners who got government appointments under Duterte. Both were called on Thursday, November 7, to appear before the House quad committee because they allegedly threatened a whistleblower...