The proposed cha-cha will dismantle the Pro-poor and Pro-Filipino provisions of the 1987 Constitution.
‘The long and short of the rush to Charter Change at this time is tyranny’ – former Chief Justice
Month: February 2018
Accused Army General Palparan testifies in court, denies charges
After three years of postponements, presentations, and hearings, the trial of former Army general Jovito Palparan on the abduction and torture of UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño has come to an end.
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Ni VINCE CASILIHAN Bibig ay binusalan Pagsulat ay pinagbabawalan Balitang ibinubunyag Kaso ang katapat. Balita diumano ay peke Subalit peke ba ang turing Sa balitang totoo? O takot sa multong sila ang maygawa? Sa bawat salitang inusal Kaba ay laging naririyan Sa bawat letrang isinusulat Kaso ay nakaumang. Nakakatakot isiwalat ang katotohanan Lalo kung ang…
Martial Law in Mindanao: Rights violations reportedly on the rise
“Unsurprisingly, military rule has constricted mechanisms for redress, platforms for protest, and initiatives that petition the government for immediate action.”
Full, impartial investigation on murder of Cebuano lawyer urged
“Both our collective moral sense and the international convention on human rights recognize the right to life as an inherent right of every human being that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived thereof.”
Workers camp out vs Duterte tack on contractualization
The consensus among labor groups is that contractual workers constitute at least half of the employed, and in many instances, up to eight in every 10 employed.
Health group to gov’t: Punish those accountable for Dengvaxia mess
More than the press releases, the Department of Health (DOH) must explain the issues and implications and give the parents of children who were vaccinated with Dengvaxia the assurance of free and accessible services.”
People’s health as a business
The Financial Times reported that among the top selling products of big pharmaceutical companies are vaccines.
A would-be autocrat model
That’s how The New York Times billed this head of state in a front-page article early this week. How so? Recent surveys show that he is “undeniably popular,” aided by a “weak, divided opposition” and a “pliant news media.” Soon after his election victory, via a “supermajority” in the legislature, he launched an assault on…
Dictatorship and its delusions
President Rodrigo Duterte’s admission that he’s a dictator, and his obvious pride in that fact, were premised on at least three assumptions. The first is that his dictatorship has achieved something praiseworthy and beneficial to this country and its people. The second is that before he took over, what obtained in the Philippines was democratic…
OBR 2018 | Women rise against ‘fascist, misogynist Duterte’
“We are rising and resisting against our own President who doesn’t seem to know how to respect women’s vaginas.”