‘Pride20’ walk free after 4-day detention
At around 8:00 pm, the Pride20 have been released from Manila Police District (MPD) after being detained for four days.
‘Pride20’ walk free after 4-day detention
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NTC’s shutdown of Sky Direct, TV Plus to affect 55 M Filipinos
NTC’s shutdown of Sky Direct, TV Plus to affect 55 M Filipinos
“It is clear that the goal of this administration is not only to shut down ABS-CBN but to send a message throughout the media industry.”
Duterte tagged as ‘worse than COVID-19 virus’
Duterte tagged as ‘worse than COVID-19 virus’
“Si Duterte ang pinakamasahol, pinakanakamamatay at pinakapahirap na virus na nanalasa sa mamamayan.” (Duterte is the worst, most lethal, most burdensome virus to afflict the Filipino people.)
Why redeploying community doctors won’t do good for Cebu’s fight vs. COVID-19
Why redeploying community doctors won’t do good for Cebu’s fight vs. COVID-19
“This is not at all a rational solution to the problem. This move will further deplete our pool of physicians as more doctors will be exposed to the virus and its possible fatal consequences.”
Group condemns another Chinese ‘hit-and-run’ incident on PHL waters
Group condemns another Chinese ‘hit-and-run’ incident on PHL waters
“We strongly condemn this collision incident in our territorial waters involving our Filipino fishermen and a Chinese vessel. We call on the authorities to expedite the search and rescue operations for the missing fishing crew and, as much as possible, must be returned to their families safe.”
Women’s group condemns arrest of #Pride20, cites violation of international laws
Women’s group condemns arrest of #Pride20, cites violation of international laws
“The arrest of #Pride20 directly goes against the Philippine government’s pledge of commitment to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women’s (CEDAW).” By AARON MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA-- An international women’s group...
‘No legal basis for charges vs #Pride20’ – lawyers group
‘No legal basis for charges vs #Pride20’ – lawyers group
“The authorities cannot violently disperse it and forcefully arrest the protesters, when the said protest action is held peacefully and, now with proper observance of health protocols under the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Jeepney drivers plea for aid, resumption of operations
Jeepney drivers plea for aid, resumption of operations
"Thousands of commuters are forced to use more expensive modes of transportation, walk or use bikes to go to work. The Duterte administration continues to have no plans to address the problems of our mass transport system which has gotten worse because of...
#PRIDE20: Queer activists, supporters arrested during a Pride Protest
#PRIDE20: Queer activists, supporters arrested during a Pride Protest
“There is no other way to describe this violent dispersal as a blatant attack on the LGBTQ+ community and its long history of militant resistance against State repression, especially amid the looming passage of the Anti-Terrorism Bill.” BY AARON MACARAEG...
UN experts remind Duterte administration of responsibility in upholding human rights
UN experts remind Duterte administration of responsibility in upholding human rights
“Whether they like it or not, the government is responsible for human rights. Not the UN Special Rapporteurs, the civil society. This is the responsibility that they all (States) have signed.”
UN expert expresses concern on anti-terror bill
UN expert expresses concern on anti-terror bill
"The advancement of broad, vague and overly abrasive definition and legislation relating to terrorism can have the opposite of the intended effect which is that by silencing voices, by cracking down on civil society, by weakening the due process and protections offered by the criminal justice system that doesn’t strengthen the States by rather weakening the due process protections offered by the criminal justice system -- that doesn’t strengthen the States but rather weakens it in the long run.”
Performance art at ang sining para sa pakikiisa sa gitna ng pandemya
Performance art at ang sining para sa pakikiisa sa gitna ng pandemya
Ni BOYET DE MESA Naglunsad ng apat na performance solidarity event ang Solidarity in Performance Art Festival (SIPAF) nitong lockdown: #Ekinoks (Marso 20, 2020), #Igpaw: Solidarity in Performance for Health Workers, (Abril 8 ), #MaAyo Uno, Solidarity performance...
UN experts call anew for independent probe on rights violations in PH
UN experts call anew for independent probe on rights violations in PH
“The human rights situation in the Philippines has now reached a level of gravity requiring a robust intervention by the UN. The Human Rights Council must do everything in its power to prevent the continuation of widespread and systematic human rights abuses against the Philippines people.”
Religious groups raise concern against anti-terror bill as 30-day deadline nears
Religious groups raise concern against anti-terror bill as 30-day deadline nears
“Worrisome are the expanded and vague definitions of a “terrorist;” the powers given to the Anti-Terror Council to designate a group as a “terrorist group;” the weakening of the protection of one’s privacy and the safeguards against arrests and detention without warrants.”
Lumad chieftain, 6 others arrested in Misamis Oriental
Lumad chieftain, 6 others arrested in Misamis Oriental
Kalumbay described Datu Reynaldo Ayuma as being “consistently at the forefront of the struggle of the Camansi evacuees against development aggression of their ancestral domain.”
Rape culture exists, so long as the current state exists
Rape culture exists, so long as the current state exists
"The combination of backwards tradition, capitalist commodification, and class contradiction all help create a culture where women are not only sidelined but are crushed by a vice and deprived of their right to voice out, to quote Alexandra Kollontai. Rape culture...
To quarantined filmmakers who never met Lino Brocka
To quarantined filmmakers who never met Lino Brocka
By SARI DALENA To the young filmmaker who never met Lino Brocka, Whose thesis films are disrupted by the pandemic, Who cannot attend film festivals, Who are struggling to write scripts in their homes, Who are streaming movies at 2 in the morning Whose film grant...
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