This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. Rappler’s Regions cluster strived to bring the stories from towns and villages to the national limelight in 2024. Which stories hit you close to home the most? CEBU, Philippines – 2024 was the year that took seismic tales from the provinces and towns to the big screens and chambers of the Congress of the Philippines and Malacañang.
Rappler’s regions cluster made it a point to bring readers from distant places closer to the news that concerned their welfare and the country’s overall state of affairs — tackling multi-faceted issues on economics, politics, human rights, and the environment. On many occasions, our stories were gathered from social media posts by concerned netizens, tips from our readers on the Rappler Communities app, and talks with experts and the everyday Filipino. The challenge? Tying together these stories from different locales and contexts into a tapestry of information that may serve the people and its thought leaders: advocates, changemakers, academics and even the young nation builders of tomorrow. We dedicate our work to them.Throughout the year, we spent days and weeks following the trail of human trafficking and violence left by suspected syndicates and their cohorts from the north of the country all the way down to the south. Our research and investigation brought us to Bamban, Tarlac in March, where the first of a series of “scam hub” raids conducted nationwide was launched. We looked at documents and evidence thatAfter President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s declaration of a ban on POGOs in July, the region cluster reported on the first illegal POGO hub uncovered in the Visayas — thefound in Cagayan de Oro, which Santa Rosa City Representative Dan Fernandez claimed had links to Tony Yang, the older brother of Rodrigo Duterte’s former economic adviser, Michael Yan
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