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KRIMINAL: A crime podcast | By Rambo Talabong

KRIMINAL: A crime podcast | By Rambo Talabong

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The crime scene is just the beginning. We tell you the full story. Listen to Rappler’s crime podcast hosted by police beat reporter Rambo Talabong.
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Episode 26: Regrets from creating the drug war
Former police chief Camilo Cascolan tells Kriminal what he wishes had been done differently in President Rodrigo Duterte's 'drug war'
25:23
July 09, 2021
Episode 25: The making of Duterte's drug war
In this episode, Rappler's Rambo Talabong speaks with former police chief and Office of the President Undersecretary Camilo Cascolan – one of the men behind Command Memorandum Circular 2016-16, more popularly known as Oplan Double Barrel. Did they do anything to stop the killings?
24:00
June 30, 2021
Episode 24: Blessing the drug war's dead
Rappler's Rambo Talabong sits down with Father Flavie Villanueva of the Society of the Divine Word. Villanueva is one of the religious leaders who stand at the frontlines in the anti-drug campaign. He has lost count of the dead he has blessed.
45:58
June 17, 2021
Episode 23: Is new PNP chief Eleazar any different?
How is General Guillermo Eleazar any different from his predecessors? In this episode, Rappler's Rambo Talabong sits down with veteran police reporter Dave Veridiano to ask him about Eleazar's potential as the country's new top cop
32:55
May 30, 2021
Episode 22: When police block the media
On Friday, May 14, the Central Visayas Regional Police Office blocked Rappler Cebu correspondent Lorraine Ecarma from covering the release of detained Lumad children and their teachers. What do we do when the police block us from covering? Listen to the latest episode of KRIMINAL, Rappler's crime podcast
35:50
May 21, 2021
Episode 21: Living with a red tag in the Philippines
In this episode of KRIMINAL, Rappler’s crime podcast, reporter Rambo Talabong sits down with former Bayan Muna representative Teddy Casiño on what it is like to live with a red tag
34:30
May 14, 2021
Episode 20: The secret jail cell in Manila
KRIMINAL speaks with Commission on Human Rights investigators who exposed the secret jail cell in Manila. 
48:58
April 27, 2021
Episode 19: What does the CHR do?
President Rodrigo Duterte's term has been marked by numerous allegations of human rights violations. Amid the accusations of abuse is the institution tasked to monitor and work to prevent all of them from happening again: the Commission on Human Rights (CHR). In this episode, Rambo Talabong sits down with CHR Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit to discuss how the CHR works.
56:27
April 21, 2021
Episode 18: Death by exercise
Darren Peñaredondo dies after police force him to do exercises. He was only out to get water. Listen to KRIMINAL, Rappler's crime podcast hosted by Rambo Talabong.
25:07
April 13, 2021
Episode 17: The Lumad arrests in Cebu
Over a month has passed since Cebu police barged into the University of San Carlos - Talamban campus in what they described was a "rescue operation." Was it really a rescue operation? In this episode, Rappler's Rambo Talabong speaks with Visayas correspondent Lorraine Ecarma on the Lumad arrests in Cebu.
28:02
April 05, 2021
Episode 16: Blood in Calabarzon
March 2021 opens and closes with the killings of activists in the Calabarzon region. In this episode, Rappler reporter Rambo Talabong speaks with Rappler human rights reporter Jodesz Gavilan on activism and crackdown in the region.
36:16
March 30, 2021
Episode 15: The PNP and PDEA's trust problem
How does coordination between PNP and PDEA work? In this episode of KRIMINAL, Rappler's police reporter Rambo Talabong sits down with retired police general and Dangerous Drugs Board chairman Catalino Cuy to discuss the relationship of the two agencies.
38:24
March 08, 2021
Episode 14: Fixing the Philippine medico-legal system
How can we prevent another botched investigation like in Christine Dacera's death? Listen to this episode of KRIMINAL, Rappler's crime podcast, where police reporter Rambo Talabong speaks with law group ImagineLaw executive director Sophia San Luis.
27:11
February 12, 2021
Episode 13: How government intelligence works
In this episode of KRIMINAL, Rappler's police reporter Rambo Talabong speaks with former national security adviser and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency chief Cesar Garcia.
31:54
January 28, 2021
Episode 12: Why Filipinos should care about the UP-DND accord
The impact of the Duterte government ending the UP-DND accord goes beyond university campuses. In this episode, Rappler police reporter Rambo Talabong speaks with youth organizer Raoul Manuel of the Youth Act Now Against Tyranny to talk about the impacts of the government's abrogation beyond UP's campuses.
21:47
January 20, 2021
Episode 11: How police ruined the Dacera case
In this episode of KRIMINAL, Rappler police reporter Rambo Talabong talks about how police botched its probe in the case of Christine Angelica Dacera, the flight attendant who was found unresponsive in a Makati hotel’s bathtub on New Year’s Day 2021.
14:19
January 10, 2021
Episode 10: Don’t trust Duterte’s drug war numbers
For the 10th episode of KRIMINAL, Rappler’s crime podcast, Rappler’s police reporter, Rambo Talabong, discusses why the numbers released by the government should not be trusted, and how it is seeking to distort reality on the ground.
16:22
January 06, 2021
Episode 9: The PNP's human rights office
Rappler's police reporter Rambo Talabong sits down with the Philippine National Police's Human Rights Affairs Office's acting chief Colonel Vincent Calanoga to discuss the office's history, its achievements, and why their office is being slammed for doing too little.
42:50
December 10, 2020
Episode 8: Covering Debold Sinas
Debold Sinas is much more than the mañanita issue. Listen to this podcast to learn more about the controversial general.
44:21
November 13, 2020
Episode 7: Red October – Duterte's biggest red-tagging spree
In the latest episode of KRIMINAL, Rappler's crime podcast, we revisit the history of red-tagging and how it has been used by different administrations to stifle legitimate dissent.
18:55
October 31, 2020
Episode 6: The killing that stopped the drug war
In this episode, Rappler's police reporter, Rambo Talabong revisits the story of Jee Ick Joo and breaks down the latest on the case that remains unsolved 4 years later.
16:17
October 18, 2020
Episode 5: When an EJK victim plays dead
What happens when an EJK victim survives the attack to tell the story? In this episode, we revisit the case of Kim Lester Ramos and Lauro Lagarde on October 5, 2019, when a policeman shot them both in a Marikina subdivision.
11:56
October 05, 2020
Episode 4: A Martial Law survivor's story
Trining Herrera Repuno retells the story of how her freedoms were abused when late dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines.
21:22
September 20, 2020
Episode 3: Where is justice for Jennifer Laude?
We start from the beginning — the story of "Ganda" — and trace it to how discrimination and controversial policies that benefitted Pemberton before Duterte dealt the final blow.
17:16
September 09, 2020
Episode 2: The life and death of Ka Randy
Listen to the story of the activist life and the brutal death suffered by lifetime advocate Randall "Randy" Echanis.
17:48
August 31, 2020
Episode 1: The boy named Kian
Listen to the story of the boy whose death sparked the outrage of the nation. Listen to the story of Kian delos Santos.
21:06
August 15, 2020