On a global scale, the first of May is regarded by workers as a day of mass action and protest against the prevailing order of exploitation and injustice. United with all the militant unions of workers worldwide, Migrante International marks the observance of this hallowed occasion to laud the Filipino working class in its struggle…
Contractualization was a top billing issue during the 2016 presidential election. And it was the President who made a campaign promise that the moment he becomes the Chief Executive, contractualization will stop. The trade union movement responded with enthusiasm and accorded the President the courtesy and latitude of managing his plans by participating in all…
PCIJ Statement on The Manila Times‘s report on “Oust-Duterte plot”, 22 April 2019 The Manila Times’s “association matrix” and story about a supposed “oust-Duterte plot” that include journalists with the PCIJ are wrong on many points. 1. PCIJ had absolutely not nor ever received any email from Ms. Ellen Tordesillas on the link to the…
STATEMENT FROM BAHAY TULUYAN INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR STREET CHILDREN More than 3 decades after the first national attempts to address the plight of children on the street in the Philippines, the situation for these children in many Philippine cities remains dire. In the recent 3rd Street Children’s Congress in the Philippines, hosted by Bahay Tuluyan,…
As an organization of human rights defenders, Balay endorses the following 10-point agenda for the 2019 national election along with their critical aspects which, from its perspective, could be used as a yardstick by voters in making an informed decision on who among the candidates to support and whom to reject. From a human rights…
PEACE BE TO THIS COUNTRY We, the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines, an association of 327 religious congregations in the Philippines, strongly condemn the continued barrage of malicious allegations made on the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines and other human rights and sectoral organizations, by some leaders of the government and the…
Human rights are once again threatened and violated in the island of Negros! KAISAHAN, a legal rights NGO advocating on the land rights of landless farmers in Negros Occidental, condemns the brutal killing of the fourteen (14) farmers of Negros Oriental during a series of joint operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)…
Investigate killing of 14 people in police operations Amnesty International is alarmed at the killing of 14 people in Negros Oriental province, in southern Philippines, on 30 March. The victims, many of whom were identified by their families and by local groups as farmers and community leaders, were killed in three separate locations during police…
‘Drug War’-Style Lawlessness Spirals in Philippines 14 Farmers, Peasant Leader Killed in Negros ‘Anti-Crime Operations’ By Carlos H. Conde Researcher, Asia Division Human Rights Watch “Drug war”-style lawlessness in the Philippines may be spiraling out of control. Philippine authorities said the police and military killed 14 people during anti-crime operations over the weekend in the…
AMRSP Statement on the occasion of Confessio Peccati 2019 Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are gathered today for our annual Confessio Peccati in order to express the sincere repentance of our sins and to ask for forgiveness from God. First and foremost, we ask for the forgiveness of Christ, our teacher, and master, whom we…
We will not be silenced, we will fight back NUJP supports alternative media group’s case vs. cyberattackers March 29, 2019 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines fully supports the civil case filed by our affiliates in the alternative media against the people and groups identified to be behind the recent cyber attacks against…
[On Maria Ressa’s arrest] Resist the Silence: Stand with Rappler and the independent Philippine press March 29, 2019 Rappler has clearly become the whipping boy of the Duterte administration as it seeks to silence or intimidate the independent and critical press. Apparently not content with the barrage of lawsuits already filed against the news outfit,…
Secure our land, secure our food We express our indignation on the increasing and unprecedented repression of rural and urban communities, human rights defenders and worsening threats on their right to land, food, and resources. Landlessness sprout among Filipino farmers, indigenous people, rural women and youth, and other marginalized rural and urban sectors that greatly…
FDC Statement on Reclamation March 26, 2019 No to unbridled land reclamation in the Manila Bay and other areas of the country We, at the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC), are alarmed at the massive land reclamation projects being hatched by some government officials and business personalities. The total coastal area being programmed for land…
President Duterte’s release of “narco list” of politicians is an outrageous attempt to influence local elections in May Statement from Human Rights Watch on Duterte’s release of “narco list” of politicians: President Duterte’s naming of politicians he accuses of involvement in illegal drugs is an outrageous attempt to influence local elections in May. More critically,…
Pahayag sa Marso 8, Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan Habang nangangako ang mga kandidato para sa 2019 eleksyon, huwag nating hayaan na sila lang ang mapapakinggan. Panahon na sila naman ang makinig sa atin, lalo na ngayong Araw ng Kababaihan! Kaisa ang Oriang sa daan-daang libong mga kababaihan sa buong mundo na nagmamartsa para sa karapatan…
Women Human Rights Defenders suffer the brunt of the attacks of Duterte Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP), a human rights organization and mission partner of the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP), commemorates the International Women’s Day by extending our solidarity with the women’s movement and condemn the attacks they…
Sigaw ng Babaeng OFW: Pagkilala, Paggalang at Kapangyarihan Pahayag ng Center for Migrant Advocacy – Philippines Inc. sa pagdiriwang ng 2019 Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan Taun-taon, mas malaking porsyento ng ating mga manggagawa sa ibang bansa ay mga kababaihang nahihiwalay sa kanilang mga pamilya dahil sa kahirapan at kawalan ng disenteng trabaho sa ating bansa.…
Statement of the World March of Women – Pilipinas International Women’s Day 2019: Celebrating Hard-won Victories; Affirming the Women’s Role in the Forefront of Women‘s and Peoples’ Struggles Through our mass actions, public gatherings, and different forms of protest, we are commemorating this year’s International Women’s Day as an occasion to celebrate the victories that…
STATEMENT ON THE PASSAGE OF RICE TARIFFICATION ACT The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) calls on the government to institute more safeguards and protection for rice farmers and the rice industry now that the rice tariffication act has been signed into law. On February 14, President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act No.…
