Prohibiting forced marriage following rape upholds Muslim women’s rights, dignity — groups
“It is a meaningful step forward in upholding the dignity, rights, and justice that every woman and girl deserves."
Franck Dick A. Rosete is a community journalist based in Cagayan de Oro, the regional center of Northern Mindanao. His enthusiasm for writing community and people stories can be equated to an imperishable relationship, which he is abundant in, except for the romantic one.
Franck Dick A. Rosete is a community journalist based in Cagayan de Oro, the regional center of Northern Mindanao. His enthusiasm for writing community and people stories can be equated to an imperishable relationship, which he is abundant in, except for the romantic one.
“It is a meaningful step forward in upholding the dignity, rights, and justice that every woman and girl deserves."
Improving the workers’ situation should be at the center of CBA negotiations, especially amid rising cost of basic goods and services.
"It is a blatant attack to silence voices that seek to inform, question, and hold power to account for their civic duties and responsibilities and uphold the public’s right to know."
“There is no such thing as ‘apolitical’ reporting. It is always focused on the interest of the people.”
Genuine national security should not be dependent on foreign troops or expanded militarization.
The CHR concluded that there were indeed militarization and human rights violations committed by both the Philippine Army and paramilitary group Alamara within the ancestral lands of the Lumad in certain sitios in the towns of Talaingod and Kapalong in Davao del Norte.
“While the security of personal information is important, the [Data Privacy Act] is also commonly used to deny media workers access to information essential to their work and for 'lawfare' suits to deter or punish coverage.”
Over 4,800 households from four barangays in Nabalawag town, including Damatulan, Kadigasan, Olandang, and Kuradangan, were displaced due to the recent conflict.
“The company of Kowloon would not generate P25 million if not for the blood and sweat of workers."
"The mission of the church and civil society to serve, protect, and uplift the marginalized is not a threat to the state but a contribution to justice, peace, and the common good."
"Cumpio and Domequil deserve to be free to fight for justice.”
“Any enabling law that falls short of outright prohibition is not reform—it is a mockery of the Constitution, and we refuse to be party to it."
The group called it a “terrible” policy.
“Lives lost could no longer be returned, and the trauma we are suffering due to the gross and repeated negligence of Aleson will haunt us for life."
No armed encounter took place based on information from locals.
Duterte's anti-drug campaign disproportionately affected the poor and the marginalized.
NUJP said that this move by Kaufman dishonors the victims and demeans the work of journalists who took the risk to cover dangerous assignments.
“In Talaingod, an unfinished classroom is not a minor bureaucratic lapse. It determines whether a child walks hours to school, studies in unsafe conditions, or stops attending altogether."
“To prevent concentration of power of resources in one family."
He was not able to file his counter-affidavit prior to both arrests because he was not informed about the cases filed.
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