MANILA, Philippines — Senior journalist Felipe Salvosa II quit from his post at the Manila Times after the broadsheet ran the exclusive banner story alleging of a supposed “ouster matrix” to boot out President Rodrigo Duterte from office. I felt sincerely that I needed to uphold that principle now more than ever,” Salvosa was quoted as saying. The matrix tagged the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers and three news organizations—VERA files, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and Rappler—in an alleged plot against the president. Journalists groups have denied the accusation and pointed out factual errors in the matrix that was supposedly accurate as presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte was the source. Ang asked him to quit following his tweet, but Salvosa said that he has been meaning to leave anyway.

Source: Philippine Star April 25, 2019 07:22 UTC