![[From the web] Human rights center opens in Zambo City -Zamboanga Today](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/zamboanga-today.jpg?w=160&h=117&crop=1 "[From the web] Human rights center opens in Zambo City -Zamboanga Today")
Human rights center opens in Zambo City http://www.zamboangatoday.ph Lawyers, advocates and community volunteers from non-governmental organizations who have helped to protect and promote the human rights of all conflict-affected people of Mindanao inaugurated yesterday the Zamboanga City-based satellite office of the Mindanao Human Rights Action Center (MinHRAC). The inauguration ceremony held at Saavedra Street in … Continue reading »
![[In the news] City life harming more Filipino kids, says UNICEF report -InterAksyon.com](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/interaksyon-logo24.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[In the news] City life harming more Filipino kids, says UNICEF report -InterAksyon.com"){kind=logo}
City life harming more Filipino kids, says UNICEF report by Francine M. Marquez, InterAksyon.com February 29, 2012 MANILA, Philippines – Used to be, the stereotype image of the batang probinsiyano (rural child) is a poor child dressed up in rugs toiling in the farm and the city kid is the well-off one in stylish clothes … Continue reading »
![[In the news] Family, pals hail filing of raps vs Father Fausto Tentorio’s killers | Sun.Star](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/sunstar-network-copy15.jpg?w=160&h=65&crop=1 "[In the news] Family, pals hail filing of raps vs Father Fausto Tentorio’s killers | Sun.Star")
Family, pals hail filing of raps vs Father Fausto Tentorio’s killers | Sun.Star. By Malu Cadeliña Manar February 29, 2012 KIDAPAWAN CITY — Relatives and friends of the slain Italian priest doing missionary work in the hinterlands of North Cotabato were elated after learning that murder charges were already filed against those accused in the … Continue reading »
Unlikely hero: Alex Adonis and the fight to decriminalize libel by Dino Testa, InterAksyon.com February 28, 2012 MANILA, Philippines — For years, media organizations in the country have been campaigning for the decriminalization of libel, saying the existing law, which dates back to the American colonial period and was used to curtail dissent, continues to … Continue reading »
![[In the news] Police, soldiers raid illegal mine sites in Iponan -MindaNews](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/mindanews1.png?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[In the news] Police, soldiers raid illegal mine sites in Iponan -MindaNews")
MindaNews » Police, soldiers raid illegal mine sites in Iponan. By Froilan Gallardo February 29, 2012 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/28 February) — The crackdown against illegal mining in Iponan has started. Heavily armed Army soldiers and policemen swooped down on illegal mining sites in Opol town, Misamis Oriental and confiscated a dozen diesel-powered hydraulic … Continue reading »
Legal suit filed vs SM Investments Corporation over planned mall expansion | Sun.Star. By JM Agreda February 29, 2012 AFTER weeks of preparation, oppositors to SM City Baguio’s planned mall expansion unleashed their complaint before the court at the Justice Hall Tuesday. Some 132 individual complainants and group representatives against the mall expansion filed the … Continue reading »
![[Press Release] Groups hit Intex Resources response to OECD NCP Statement -ATM](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/atm-logo2.png?w=160&h=93&crop=1 "[Press Release] Groups hit Intex Resources response to OECD NCP Statement -ATM"){kind=logo}
Groups hit Intex Resources response to OECD NCP Statement Charged Intex of flawed consultation and non-transparency Manila—Groups were dismayed upon Intex Resources Inc denial of proven allegations and findings of the Norwegian National Contact Point (NCP) that the company has failed to comply with OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises. “That is simply ridiculous that Intex … Continue reading »
![[In the news] CHR to probe reports on jail visit suspension -Cebu Daily News](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/cebu-daily-news.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[In the news] CHR to probe reports on jail visit suspension -Cebu Daily News")
CHR to probe reports on jail visit suspension February 29, 2012 AN inquiry into the suspension of jail visits and delays in the delivery of food to inmates of the Cebu Provincial Rehabilitation and Detention Center (CPDRC) may be in the offing. Primo Cadampog, supervising investigator of the Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas … Continue reading »
![[Press Release] PH now in IMF creditor list – ‘sounds good, smells fishy!’ -FDC](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/fdc1.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Press Release] PH now in IMF creditor list – ‘sounds good, smells fishy!’ -FDC")
PH now in IMF creditor list – ‘sounds good, smells fishy!’ MANILA, Philippines – The news suggesting that “the Philippines has now become a creditor nation” may sound good, but the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) smells something fishy about this “hype.” Since last week, news reports and Op-Ed pieces have come out and called … Continue reading »
![[Press Release] NGOs call on States to ratify the UN complaints procedure on children’s rights](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/child-rights-coalition-asia.png?w=160&h=75&crop=1 "[Press Release] NGOs call on States to ratify the UN complaints procedure on children’s rights")
NGOs call on States to ratify the UN complaints procedure on children’s rights JOINT PRESS RELEASE Geneva, 28 February 2012: For the first time and more than twenty years after the official recognition of their rights, children are provided with the possibility to access justice at the international level through a newly adopted complaints procedure. … Continue reading »
![[Press Release] Workers challenge Congress not to be “kontrabidas” by disclosing all bank records -BMP](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/bmplogo.jpg?w=150&h=120&crop=1 "[Press Release] Workers challenge Congress not to be “kontrabidas” by disclosing all bank records -BMP")
Workers challenge Congress not to be “kontrabidas” by disclosing all bank records Some 150 militant workers from the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino staged a picket at the Batasan gates of the House of Representatives to demand the “full disclosure of all bank records – not just the SALNs (statement of assets, liabilities and net worth) – … Continue reading »
![[Event] The Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines turns 10 in May 2012](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/strap-seal1.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Event] The Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines turns 10 in May 2012")
The Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP), the pioneer support group and human rights advocacy organization of transpinays (transgender/transsexual Filipinas) turns 10 in May 2012. To celebrate a decade of support, sorority and sisterhood, STRAP will hold three major events in three months (March, April & May 2012). In March, in time for … Continue reading »
![[From the web] Pinoy kid in UN art contest: ‘Peace is like zero war’ -GMA News](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/gmanewsonline8.jpg?w=144&h=111&crop=1 "[From the web] Pinoy kid in UN art contest: ‘Peace is like zero war’ -GMA News")
Pinoy kid in UN art contest: ‘Peace is like zero war’ ROUCHELLE DINGLASAN, GMA News February 24, 2012 Angelo Reeves Dominic, a nine-year-old child residing in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is the only Filipino contestant in the United Nations’ (UN) Art for Peace competition. “For me there is no need for bombs … Continue reading »
MindaNews » Opposition stunts growth of PH mining industry, PCCI admits. By Bong S. Sarmiento February 28, 2012 KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/27 February) – The huge potential of the country’s mining industry has not moved forward due to the strong opposition by environmentalist, church groups and local politicians, a major business group admitted. The Philippine Chamber … Continue reading »
![[In the news] The Pinay in the whiteness, in the shadows -GMA News](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/gmanewsonline9.jpg?w=144&h=111&crop=1 "[In the news] The Pinay in the whiteness, in the shadows -GMA News")
The Pinay in the whiteness, in the shadows by Katrina Stuart Santiago, GMA News February 27, 2012 There is nothing right, nothing right at all, about the “FHM Philippines” March issue cover. And it’s easy to think: but what do you expect? it’s a men’s magazine! Well I expect some sensitivity, if not some intelligence, … Continue reading »
