Leader of teachers’ alliance gets death threat
The anti-poor and anti-teacher Duterte administration cannot expect us to cower amid continuing harassments."
Leader of teachers’ alliance gets death threat
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Repackaged ‘terror list’ remains baseless, says rights lawyer
Repackaged ‘terror list’ remains baseless, says rights lawyer
“The present petition remains to be without legal and factual basis and repackaged the old one in order to railroad the legal process.”
Full Text: Securities and Exchange Commission Memorandum No. 15
Full Text: Securities and Exchange Commission Memorandum No. 15
Copy of the 11-page memorandum of the Securities and Exchange Commission on its effort to supposedly protect non-government agencies from money laundering and terrorist financial abuses. However, human rights groups are quick to point out that this is yet another move of the Duterte administration to quell dissent, especially by groups that are critical of his policies such as the war against drugs.
New gov’t memo stifles NGOs, rights workers
New gov’t memo stifles NGOs, rights workers
Through the said memorandum, the SEC is given control of all non-profit organizations in the country, as it is weaponized to infringe on the freedom and capacity of these organizations to freely conduct or perform their advocacies.
NUJP condemns gov’t hand in red baiting
NUJP condemns gov’t hand in red baiting
“That the state news agency, which is under the supervision of the Presidential Communications Operations Office, saw fit to run this utterly malicious and false story clearly proves that this is, indeed, an orchestrated campaign to vilify and silence not just the NUJP but the independent and critical press, involving no less than the Government of the Republic of the Philippines.”
How Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ endangers journalists
How Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ endangers journalists
“The best way to ensure safety, really, is for government to do its job to protect each and every citizen of the country and stamp out the culture of impunity that has emboldened not only those who wish to silence the independent media but also suppress other basic rights."
#HandsOffOurTeachers | Alliance mulls filing charges against police
#HandsOffOurTeachers | Alliance mulls filing charges against police
“The PNP’s concerted national scheme to single out ACT and extract a list of all its members from principals and other school officials is a clear violation of the constitutional right to self-organization, freedom of expression and assembly, and right to privacy.”
The periphery protests in France and beyond
The periphery protests in France and beyond
For seven Saturdays straight till Dec. 29, the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) continued their protest in Paris and other cities in France. Protesters have occupied rural and suburban rotondas. They threw projectiles at the police, who retaliated with tear-gas...
That was 2018
That was 2018
When historians recall in their books a hundred years from now what the year 2018 was like, they won’t be focused on the six-month shutdown of Boracay or the number of “credible” aspirants for various local posts in the 2019 elections compared to “nuisance”...
Sampung pinakamatinding kampanya para sa kalikasan
Sampung pinakamatinding kampanya para sa kalikasan
Bibilib ka talaga sa mga Pinoy environmental defenders sa walang pagod at walang sawa nilang pagkilos.
NUJP denounces red-tagging
NUJP denounces red-tagging
“With at least 12 colleagues slain under the watch of a president who has actually justified the murder of journalists--remember “Just because you're a journalist you are not exempted from assassination, if you're a son of a bitch?"--and openly and constantly curses and threatens media, we are taking this matter very, very seriously.”
After Reds call for his ouster, Duterte says he is open to peace talks
After Reds call for his ouster, Duterte says he is open to peace talks
“It is for the benefit of the people that the peace negotiations resume and stop the Duterte regime from proclaiming martial law nationwide, from calling off or rigging the May 2019 elections and from pursuing the scheme to impose a fascist dictatorship on the Filipino people via charter change for a bogus kind of federalism.” -- Jose Maria Sison
The books I read in 2018
The books I read in 2018
1. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Utopian vision of society but eerily familiar to those who are living in the 21st century. 2. Utos ng Hari by Jun Cruz Reyes. Stories of the everyman in the urban, survival as resistance, the common tao and his struggles against...
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