“We implore the Canadian government to take action on these concerns with urgency, as our country further descends into an authoritarian state.”
Canadian government urged to take action on human rights crisis in PH
Raymund Villanueva
Duterte’s new mining order disastrous to environment—groups
“Mr. Duterte’s order to lift the mining agreement moratorium will be a disaster upon disaster because the Mining Act of 1995 is still in place. We cannot allow this deluge of destructive large-scale mining when communities are still suffering from the converging pandemic and climate crises.”
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(Para kay Nelinda ‘Sr. Mary Francis’ Añover) BY RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Taym pers, hintay naman sana Sa dami ng maari nang mauna Bakit ito pang si Nelinda Ang inaya Mong maaga? Taym pers, nalimot Mo yata Ang dasal ng mga aba Ng katutubo’t magsasaka Si Francis ay makapiling pa? Ang madre ng kapwa bukid at…
CPP calls for unity against Chinese military aggressors
“[The CPP] calls on all forces, from the mass-based democratic forces to the conservative political oppositions as well as elements within the ruling regime and in the military and police forces, to exert all effort to assert the country’s sovereign rights and drive away the Chinese imperialist aggressors,” it said.
BAYAN urges Palace to summon, even expel, Chinese ambassador
Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. said Ambassador Huang Xilian should be expelled if his explanation is unsatisfactory.
Title in photo
It’s a weekend and many of us miss the chance to do something recreational outdoors to detoxify.
Baguio judge orders police to stop red-tagging activities
“Such actions should be taken as examples on how courts should address in a relevant and timely manner the particular risks to life, security and liberty of human rights defenders.”
Laborer rebuffs police’s order to spy on KMU, bares plot vs NDFP consultants
KMU condemned the police’s “criminal act” as direct and dangerous attacks against labor unionists and other human rights defenders.
Biking and walking
Lots of positive things could be said of a city that encourages walking and biking. Here in the Philippines, biking has become popular after pandemic lockdowns have been imposed. But challenges remain for bikers and pedestrians as public infrastructure discourages both.
Idyllic
Who would have thought that in a short time after this photo was taken, scenes like this would be rare?
‘Funeral arrest’ new modus of police, military?
By RAYMUND VILLANUEVA and JOSEPH CUEVAS Kodao Productions Government forces may have invented another practice against families of victims of deadly police operations: funeral arrest. Families and human rights workers have been kept inside a funeral parlor in Antipolo City since Wednesday night, March 10, by the Philippine National Police (PNP). As many as 23…