The Marcos Jr. administration now says it’s willing to sit down with the International Criminal Court to discuss “certain areas” of cooperation on the latter’s investigation, started in 2018, on former president Duterte’s “war on drugs.” The timeline goes back to the time he was Davao City mayor.
Day: January 26, 2025
Balik-Tanaw | Good news
I was walking with a colleague to the Surigao house we share and came to talk about her first foray into the city. A development worker, she had come from Iligan and had just been onboarded into a response team here in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Odette in 2021. Her work then must have been challenging, made even more difficult by the prevailing Covid. Being new here myself and getting a lot of help settling in, I was immediately reminded that I arrived at a better time.
Christian churches recommit to unite against social evils
The churches assert, “we live our faith by being responsible to every created being and thing.” For this it commits “to act now to protect our environment and the lives of every person, especially the unborn and the vulnerable.”
UP Cebu student leaders decry P2.08-billion budget cut
The youngest constituent university of the University of the Philippines System is experiencing the effects of the reduced budget.
Land, justice still elusive for farmers, 38 years after Mendiola massacre
Victims’ families, peasant groups, and advocates gathered in a forum to honor the 13 slain farmers and call attention to the persistent landlessness, political dynasties, and rural poverty that continue to plague the Philippines.