Under Duterte, Philippines allowed forgery of drug war death records
How the Philippine medico-legal system is broken.
Rambo Talabong is an award-winning journalist with a decade of experience covering politics, crime, and disasters.
He led the unflinching coverage of the Duterte drug war by Nobel Prize-winning news site Rappler, where he exposed the systematic wrongdoing of policemen.
He has been honored with the Jaime V. Ongpin journalism prize, the Society of Publishers in Asia Awards, and the Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong, and has been a fellow at the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics.
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The profile of a hostage-taker
At around 11:30 am on a Wednesday, a man walks into a mall with a gun, a grenade, his phone, and star apples when he starts taking hostages.
A victim plays dead in Duterte's drug war
In an exclusive interview, Rappler speaks with Lauro Lagarde, a victim of a police shooting who plays dead to live another day and tell the story.
South China Sea: How a Chinese vessel got away with sinking a Philippine boat
The Filipino fishermen called for help. The Chinese left them at sea.
How decades of mining led to a town's collapse
The choices that shaped the gold-embedded earth in Itogon, Benguet, could not be confined to the days before the fatal landslide.
'Houses flew' when the typhoon came
When super typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut) came to Cagayan, it didn’t only ruin the people’s crops and trees, it uprooted their homes from right beneath their foundations.
Interviews
A Thousand Cuts | FRONTLINE, PBS
The Triumph of Marcos Dynasty Disinformation is a Warning to the U.S., The New Yorker
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to 2 Journalists, Highlighting Fight for Press Freedom, The New York Times
The World’s Deadliest Drug War Just Got a New Leader, VICE
Inside Rappler, the publication that’s taking on an authoritarian government — and Facebook, Rest of World
Rappler's Fight for Facts and Freedom, VOGUE
‘Life of journalists is cheap’ - how the Philippines became deadly for reporters, Al Jazeera
In The Shadow of False Light, Nobel Peace Prize Commission
Videos
Awards
Rappler’s Rambo Talabong among 7 panelists in prestigious journalism seminar
Rappler multimedia reporter Rambo Talabong is chosen to be a part of the prestigious Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar panel.
Rappler report on hospital 'EJK' victim wins human rights award
Rappler multimedia reporter Rambo Talabong is recognized for his work in exposing police brutality in the Philippines.
An exclusive report by Rappler’s Rambo Talabong is a merit winner at the 25th Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong.
An exclusive report by Rappler’s Rambo Talabong is a merit winner at the 25th Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong.
Rappler investigation into war on drugs wins 2019 Global Shining Light Award
A Rappler investigative series on President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-illegal drugs campaign won the 2019 Global Shining Light Award of the Global Investigative Journalism Network.