Mothers rise up for justice
Three mothers of victims of Duterte's drug war narrate how they have risen up from grief and despair to finding hope in the struggle for justice.
Mothers rise up for justice
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Why kin of drug war victims charged Duterte for mass murder before ICC
Why kin of drug war victims charged Duterte for mass murder before ICC
“The poor have been striving hard to get out of poverty but the President’s answer buried them instead, literally and figuratively.”
UP president dared to join Sept. 21 protest against rehabilitation of Marcoses
UP president dared to join Sept. 21 protest against rehabilitation of Marcoses
The UP community called on UP President Concepcion to institutionalize the honoring of Martial Law victims and martyrs in the university, create more spaces for their historical role in overthrowing the Marcos regime, and providing courses for in-depth discussion of the Martial Law atrocities.
I’ve done no wrong but deliver ‘good news’ as a church worker – Sr. Patricia Fox
I’ve done no wrong but deliver ‘good news’ as a church worker – Sr. Patricia Fox
“They evaded all the substantial issues we have raised right from the very beginning.”
Expanded maternity leave bill, a win-win for mothers, babies, national economy
Expanded maternity leave bill, a win-win for mothers, babies, national economy
These will result in improved cognitive development leading to higher learning and educational attainment, thereby increasing productivity and wages, which will translate to a higher gross domestic product.
Identifying the National ID System
Identifying the National ID System
The Supreme Court warned that data under a national ID system’s “vast reservoir of personal constitutes a covert invitation to misuse, a temptation that may be just too great for some of our authorities to resist.”
Immigration denies Aussie nun’s appeal to continue missionary work in PH
Immigration denies Aussie nun’s appeal to continue missionary work in PH
“Although expected, we are still appalled at how the BI just technically resolved the issue.”
Faculty, alumni shun UP prexy’s attendance at KB reunion
Faculty, alumni shun UP prexy’s attendance at KB reunion
“Academic freedom is less a matter of individual preference than the power and duty of a collective to defend human lives against killing machines, truth against lies and historical revisionism, and spaces of freedom against institutional complicity.”
Kin of ’Tokhang’ victims file raps vs. Duterte before ICC
Kin of ’Tokhang’ victims file raps vs. Duterte before ICC
"I don’t want others to suffer the same fate as that of my son.”
Labor groups storm the streets against contractualization
Labor groups storm the streets against contractualization
“We need to continue organizing contractual workers, especially now that there have been favorable decisions released under Duterte which he just failed to implement."
Award-winning Filipino migrant advocate decries inclusion in Bureau of Immigration ‘blacklist’
Award-winning Filipino migrant advocate decries inclusion in Bureau of Immigration ‘blacklist’
Manang Caring helped organize the United Abrenians in Hongkong in 1990 and ATIS-HK (Abra Tinguian Ilocano Society – Hong Kong) in 1992.
New top magistrate tagged as Duterte’s disciple
New top magistrate tagged as Duterte’s disciple
“De Castro will have to credibly address uncomplimentary views about her independence and impartiality.”
Philippine train wreck
Philippine train wreck
LIVING in the Philippines has always been challenging and difficult for many Filipinos. But never since the Marcos dictatorship has it been more dangerous than today for Lumad, dissenters, women, human rights defenders and the poor. In response to life’s daily...
Continuing killings and intensifying war
Continuing killings and intensifying war
After threatening to resign last week in an outburst of exasperation and claiming to be tired, he now says, “No, I will not resign!” Yes, he acknowledges that he wouldn’t be able to fulfill his campaign promises to end the long-festering problems of illegal drugs,...
3 farmer activists gunned down in Comval
3 farmer activists gunned down in Comval
A barangay councilor who were with the victims at the time of the incident said that Gilbert Labial saw the assailant on their way home but were trapped and repeatedly shot by the assasins.
Cops who tortured a security guard acquitted
Cops who tortured a security guard acquitted
“I want to see them rot in jail. These officers, owing from their corrupt institution, were cruel. They do not respect people or care about rights; they will surely do this again to someone else if given the opportunity, falsely charging another person for money."
Tu Pug Imatuy – The “Right to Kill” Oppression
Tu Pug Imatuy – The “Right to Kill” Oppression
The film made by Mindanaons (Director Arbi Barbarona hails from Davao) and portrayed by the Lumad themselves is enough representative of the Southern Filipino narrative located amid the hotbed of rebellion.
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