Civil society pushes for rights-based digital future in ASEAN
Findings highlight the ASEAN’s vision overemphasis on economic efficiency in rapid digitalization, while the promotion and protection of human rights in these documents remain limited.
Jan
2026
30
Trump’s Board of Peace a clear departure from international law – critics
“This board is outside the framework of the United Nations and has not included the Palestinian authority, the future of Gaza nor the future of the West Bank.”
Jan
2026
29
Gov’t action demanded over Basilan ferry tragedy
The family of Zamboanga City Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso’s wife reportedly owns Aleson Shipping Lines.
Jan
2026
28
Negros human rights workers face harassment
They constitute attacks against human rights defenders, as well as environmental and food defenders, who are working to protect land, livelihoods, and the environment for present and future generations.”
Jan
2026
28
Int’l groups call for Cumpio, Domequil release
Cumpio and Domequil were targeted because of their efforts to improve the lives of the poor people in Eastern Visayas.
Jan
2026
27
ICC finds Duterte fit for trial
The Court clearly finds that Duterte is a perceptive person who has a broad understanding of what he has been charged with.
Jan
2026
27
Bukidnon children’s exposure to military firearms denounced
Photographs posted by the Army online show that children were on the top of military armored vehicles, while some of them were assisted by soldiers in holding long firearms.
Jan
2026
25
Eruption after eruption, Albay’s disaster funding never breaks the cycle
“Unspent resources should support relocation outside danger zones. But livelihoods can’t simply be uprooted, so authorities must guarantee access between new sites and work. Without that, people will return."
Jan
2026
24
How ‘ex-rebels’ testimonies lead to conviction of Cumpio, Domequil
“It’s based on these self-serving testimonies of these military assets, whose credibility in the first place should be questioned."
Jan
2026
24
Justice still elusive 15 years after murder of journalist Gerry Ortega
"We also grieve over what we as a people have allowed to fester: public servants who steal before our very eyes and openly get away with murder."
Jan
2026
24
‘Plain as day, GMA talents are regular employees’ – SC
“Plain as day, there exists an employer-employee relationship between GMA and respondent."
Jan
2026
23
Makabayan solons, 30 others file impeachment vs Marcos Jr. over ‘abuse’ of budget powers
The impeachment complaint alleges three acts of betrayal of public trust, namely: the President’s institutionalization of systemic corruption, abuse of discretionary power over unprogrammed appropriations, and direct personal involvement in budgetary insertions and kickback schemes.
Jan
2026
23
CERNET 27 decry court delays amid health issues
Many of the accused are professionals like doctors, lawyers, priests, and social development workers who spent years implementing humanitarian and development programs in the Visayas through CERNET which has been active since 2001.
Jan
2026
23
Manila bay’s ‘rehab’ means losses for fisherfolk
From Duterte to Marcos Jr., Manila Bay has been sacrificed for profit
Jan
2026
23
Philippine energy security still elusive amid coal outages, gas hype
A yellow alert over the Visayas grid yesterday once again shows how weak and unstable the Philippine power system is. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) issues the alert when power reserves fall below the required contingency level.
Jan
2026
23
Amanda Echanis remembers childhood, motherhood in jail
Echanis was once the youngest political prisoner at two years old when she was detained with her parents Randall and Linda for trumped-up charges.
