Broadest labor groups unite against Duterte Regime, will march as one at #SONAgkaisa Days after Manila Police attempted to thwart their State of the Labor Address (SOLA) in front of the DOLE, leaders and representatives of UNITED WORKERS – the broadest alliance of trade unions, federations, and labor centers in the country – announced in…
Ika-5 SONA sa ilalim ng mas malupit na Protocol Hugas-Kamay, Facemask, Distansyang Pisikal Pabigat na sa bayan, kapangyarihang diktador, hindi pagpigil sa virus ang prayoridad ng gobyernong Duterte sa gitna ng pandemya Mula nang ipataw ang lockdown, Marso 16, 2020, apat na buwan na nating kabisado ang minimum health protocols. Pero habang nagsasanga ang virus…
Environmentalists Push for Green and Just Recovery Strategy that Puts Mother Earth and Her People First 24 July 2020, Quezon City. Environmental advocates belonging to the EcoWaste Coalition urged President Rodrigo Duterte to put the well-being of Mother Earth and the 109 million Filipinos at the center of the government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy and plan…
Human Rights Groups give Duterte failing marks on 5th SONA Quezon City- Panelists on an online discussion on Thursday about the performance of the government in President Duterte’s 5th term, gave failing marks on its delivery of services and protection of human rights. Ms. Floreen Simon of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) said…
RESIST: Journalists, artists ask SC to junk Terror Law 23 July 2020 Today, July 23, 2020, we, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, together with Rappler journalists led by Glenda Gloria, ABS-CBN’s Ces Oreña Drilon, members of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines, led by their chairman Neil Doloricon and chairman emeritus and…
Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines JULY, 2020 “Human rights defender (HRD) is a term used to describe people who, individually or with others, act to promote or protect human rights.”1 HRDs include all those who “seek the promotion and protection of civil and political rights as well as the…
“More than a hundred groups are set to stage protests on July 27, Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). In an online press conference this morning, July 17, Sen. Francis Pangilinan said the groups will come together to protest the slow and inadequate response of the government to the effects of the…
Reaksiyon ng TDC sa pahayag ng DEPED hinggil sa selected face to face learning Isa lamang itong patunay na hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa lubos na nakalatag ang plano sa pasukan bagamat malapit na ang takda nitong magbukas. At sa aming palagay ay napakadelikado pa ng face to face classes sa mga lugar na mababa…
Philippines Uses ‘Drug War’ Tactics to Fight Covid-19 Police to Go House-to-House, Rely on Neighbor Reporting By Phil Robertson Deputy Asia Director Human Rights Watch @reaproy The Philippine government announced this week that police will conduct house-to-house searches for people who might have been infected with the novel coronavirus and then forcibly relocate them to…
Just Judges Implement the Law for Abused Children Fr. Shay Cullen Justice has been done and seen to be done by Judge Maria Angelica T. Paras-Quiambao of the Regional Trial Court Branch 59 in Angeles City, Pampanga lasts 11 June 2020. In an 81-page decision, she found Christina Limpin Mendoza, 22, guilty beyond reasonable doubt…
Human rights organisations call for release of activist Teresita Naul ahead of court case and major global campaign #StandAsMyWitness CIVICUS, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), Karapatan and other human rights organisations in the Philippines call for the release of Teresita Naul, a human rights defender from the Philippines, ahead of her court case on 17…
Sa gitna ng pangingitil sa ating kalayaan, walang iwanan! YouthResist Statement on the Passage of the ATB Ang bawat henerasyon ay tinatawag upang humarap sa matitinding mga hamon. Sinusukat tayo ng mga hamon na ito, kung tayo ba ay titindig at kikilos o tayo ay aatras at magpapadala na lamang sa agos ng kasaysayan. Hindi…
Laban ng lahat ang laban para sa Kalayaan; Laban ng lahat ang Karapatang Pantao Pahayag ng iDEFEND at PAHRA sa pagsasabatas ng Anti-Terrorism Act 2020 Sistematiko at walang pa ring tigil na pagkitil ng mga buhay upang panatilihin ang takot ng mamamayan; pagwasak sa kabuhayan ng manggagawa, upang tiklop tuhod silang magpapa samantala sa kapitalistang…
We, the people, will continue to resist the terror law! On the occasion of the 128th-year anniversary of the Katipunan that fought for our rights, freedom and independence from abuse and exploitation, we in the Movement Against the Anti-Terrorism Act (MATA) express our outrage over President Rodrigo Duterte’s failure to take seriously his oath of…
AMRSP Statement on the enactment of the Anti-Terrorism Law The Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines is deeply saddened by the signing of the Anti-Terror Law which takes effect 15 days from now. In a previous statement, we have joined the voices of concern and opposition to this draconian measure that we firmly…
Philippines: New report reveals deliberate killings of children during “war on drugs” Geneva (OMCT) – A new report, published today, documents 122 killings of children, from 1 to 17 years old, throughout the Philippines, between July 2016 and December 2019. The report, titled “How could they do this to my child?”, jointly published by the…
History is Made as Social Issues Challenge Politics Fr.Shay Cullen Something has happened that is really changing the world besides the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic is changing our lifestyles, our economy, and medical practices. But a greater social movement is underway as seen in numerous demonstrations by many thousands of protesters around the world. It…
EcoWaste Coalition Pushes For E-Waste Importation Ban A waste and pollution watchdog group have urged the government to ban the importation of electronic waste as the production of such waste across the world soared to 53.6 million tonnes in 2019 due to higher consumption rates of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), among other reasons, according…
Tugon ng TDC sa opisyal na pahayag ng Kagawaran ng Edukasyon (DEPED) ngayong umaga (subalit may petsang Hulyo 1, 2020) Hindi pinangalanan ang “ilang organisasyon” na tinutukoy sinasabi at hindi naman namin ipinapalagay na kami ang tinutukoy, sapagkat kailanman ay hindi naman nagsabi ang TDC na aming “nirerepresenta ang pananaw at opinyon ng mga pampublikong…
The Philippines added to human rights watchlist 29 June 2020 • Independent media and journalists are being targeted for their reporting • COVID 19 emergency powers and new anti-terrorism bill puts human rights at further risk. • The state of civic freedoms in the Philippines is rated as OBSTRUCTED by the CIVICUS Monitor The Philippines…
Torture free Philippines should be the “new normal” On 26 June[1], the United Against Torture Coalition (UATC)-Philippines, a broad network of human rights organizations and human rights defenders together with its partners, In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND), Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the…
Hidden Victims of the Pandemic: The Old Man, the Jail Aide, and the Convict Three persons deprived of liberty describe how inhuman conditions in the country’s jails and prisons are placing them at greater risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are their accounts as told to Aie Balagtas See. The images, drawn by Alexandra Paredes,…
US and China Spar over the Philippines Fr. Shay Cullen 27 June 2019 The fishermen of Masinloc and Sta. Cruz, Zambales had fished the Scarborough Shoal for generations. In the past several years, the Filipino fishing boats have been harassed and prevented from fishing near the fish-rich shoal by the incursion of Chinese fishing and…
Green groups denounce DENR plan to mine and dredge rivers as economic stimulus: Mining will not stimulate economic recovery QUEZON CITY – Alyansa Tigil Mina denounced the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) plan to push for more mining and river dredging to jumpstart economic recovery due to COVID19. ATM said that the minuscule…
Physical reporting of teachers, unnecessary, impractical After we have released the appeal to the Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones to extend the work from a home arrangement for teachers yesterday, some of the schools that initially required their teachers to report physically on Monday canceled the order. Many of those field officials said…
