Kodao

Kodao Productions is an award-winning multi-media production outfit. It produces videos on burning social issues in the Philippines, such as environmental destruction, human rights, and other civil liberties. Aside from videos, Kodao also produces radio programs for national radio networks and community radio stations throughout the country. Both its video and radio productions have been awarded and cited by private and government institutions.

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ON PALESTINE: If you continue the struggle, you will be free-Leila Khaled

War again rages in Palestine. Initial media reports parroted the narrative that it was started by a “terrorist attack” by Palestinians and that the Zionist government of Israel is only retaliating. In November 2015, Palestinian struggle for freedom icon Leila Khaled visited

October 10, 2023

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Not defeat, but a resolve to seek justice

By Nuel M. Bacarra I interviewed Raymond Manalo early in the morning of the promulgation of his and brother Reynaldo’s kidnapping and illegal detention with serious physical injuries case against retired Major General Jovito Palparan last Friday, October 6. He was excited

October 9, 2023

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Teacher solon: VP threatens confidential funds critics with police action

Vice President Sara Duterte is ordering the police to now treat critics of her office’s confidential funds as enemies of the state, ACT Teachers’ Party Rep. France Castro said. In her failed defense of her hundreds of millions of pesos in confidential

October 5, 2023

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Asia Pacific community broadcasters demand Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s freedom

Kodao’s Villanueva elected to media group’s regional board Community broadcasters in the Asia Pacific region called on the Philippine government to drop its prosecution against Filipino colleague Frenchie Mae Cumpio, calling charges against her “trumped-up.” In its Bangkok Declaration, the World Association

October 4, 2023

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Philippines unworthy of UN Security Council seat, rights groups say

Human rights groups said the Philippines is not worthy to become a member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council because of “grave human rights violations” in the country. The Philippine UPR (Universal Periodic Review) Watch from Geneva, Switzerland said the Philippine

September 28, 2023

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Advocates welcome report of peace talks resumption; warn of ‘fake amnesty and surrender’

A group of peace advocates welcomed reports that the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government is planning to revive its negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). The Citizen’s Alliance for Just Peace (CAJP) said the Office of the Presidential Adviser

September 27, 2023

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Anti-terror law being used for trumped-up charges in PH, Bishop tells world

A Protestant denomination urged the United Nations (UN) to ask the Philippine government to repeal its anti-terrorism law it says is being used to randomly arrest members of the clergy and other human rights defenders. United Church of Christ in the Philippines

September 25, 2023

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Drug war widow brings husband’s case to UN

A widow of a victim of the government’s so-called war on drugs called for a stronger United Nations (UN) effort in investigating the killings in the Philippines. Amy Jane Lee, whose husband Michael was among the thousands killed, said the bloody campaign

September 24, 2023

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Ang pato at tandang – Kodao Productions

( ‘Wag kami idyota!) Ni Ibarra Banaag Isang umagang kay ganda, nagkasalubong ang dalawa, sa lungga ng mga buwaya, ng kuro-kuro at komedya. Si Pato ay kumakatawan, sa kulumpon ng kadiliman, ‘to naman si King Tandang, tagapagtanggol ng katwiran. Kwak kwak, mister

September 23, 2023

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THE MEMORY PROJECT: The Marcos Dictatorship In The Eyes Of Survivors

This year marks the 51st year since Ferdinand Marcos Sr. martial law on Septembef 21, 1972. In light of efforts by the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government at revising historical judgement of the dictatorship, Kodao re-issues videos and other productions on Marcos’ martial

September 19, 2023