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[Statement] PHILHEALTH corruption violates the right to health and life -GOMBURZA

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Human Rights Online Philippines Leave a comment

PHILHEALTH corruption violates the right to health and life Corruption in the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is not only colossal thievery, robbing Filipino workers and taxpayers of their contributions to the fund. It also violates the right of Filipinos to universal health care, bleeding billions of pesos away from state resources intended for this purpose. In a pandemic that

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[People] We All Must Change to Defeat Covid-19 -by Fr. Shay Cullen

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Human Rights Online Philippines Leave a comment

We All Must Change to Defeat Covid-19 Fr. Shay Cullen 21 August 2020 The catastrophe is upon us. The world is suffering and in shock as hundreds of thousands of people are dying from the coronavirus and economies are in chaos. This is because humans disrupted the natural world and caused this deadly virus to awaken like an angry dragon

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[Video] Ilan na kaya ang COVID19 positive sa DEPED? -TDC

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Human Rights Online Philippines Leave a comment

NEWS RELEASE August 8, 2020 GROUP ASKS DEPED FOR ASSISTANCE TO TEACHERS INFECTED WITH COVID-19 With less than three weeks before the scheduled opening of classes and in the middle of worsening COVID-19 situation in the country, the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) poses several questions to the management of the Department of Education (DepEd). The TDC would like to clarify

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[Statement] Epekto ng MECQ sa pagbubukas ng klase sa Agosto 24 -TDC

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Human Rights Online Philippines Leave a comment

Epekto ng mecq sa pagbubukas ng klase sa Agosto 24 Agosto 4, 2020 Ang muling pagsasailalim sa MECQ sa Metro Manila at ilan sa pinakamalalaking lalawigan ng Luzon ay may malaking epekto sa inaasahang pagbubukas ng klase sa Agosto 24. Dahil malilimitahan ang paggalaw ng mga mamamayan, hindi rin maisasaayos ang mga kinakailangang paghahanda lalo na sa mga gagamiting modules.

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[From the web] Philippines Uses ‘Drug War’ Tactics to Fight Covid-19 -HRW

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Human Rights Online Philippines Leave a comment

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 government-run isolation facilities. The authorities

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[Statement] Physical reporting of teachers, unnecessary, impractical -TDC

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Human Rights Online Philippines Leave a comment

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 that they will be waiting

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[From the web] Open letter to Department of Justice: Decongest jails in the Philippines to contain the COVID-19 pandemic -Forum-Asia

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Human Rights Online Philippines Leave a comment

Open letter to Department of Justice: Decongest jails in the Philippines to contain the COVID-19 pandemic To: THE HONORABLE MENARDO GUEVARRA, Secretary, Department of Justice Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila 1000 The Philippines 6 May 2020 Re: Decongest jails in the Philippines to contain the COVID-19 pandemic Dear Hon. Secretary Guevarra We, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development

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[Press Release] Group Hails Efforts to Bring Laudato Si to Life -EcoWaste Coalition

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Human Rights Online Philippines Leave a comment

Group Hails Efforts to Bring Laudato Si to Life 15 May 2020, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition has lauded the continuing efforts to bring Laudato Si, the groundbreaking encyclical letter of Pope Francis on “Care for Our Common Home,” to life amid the climate and coronavirus crisis. In a press statement, the advocacy group for a zero waste and toxics-free

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[Video] Hugas kamay (#TugTugPak) – YND

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Human Rights Online Philippines Leave a comment

YES WE’RE MAKING REKLAMO. Because that is called citizens participation in governance. We want to make ambag kahit wala kaming balak maging presidente.” Totoo. Kailangan panghawakan natin hindi lang ang kalayaang magpahayag kundi lalo na ang karapatang igiit na maging bahagi tayo ng pag-gu-gubyerno. Dahil tayo ang nakatitiyak ng ating pangangailangan. Tayo ang nakakararanas ng bunton ng hirap sa gitna

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[Video] Women in the Frontlines, Usapang Kababaihan: VAW, Aksiyunan at Tugunan -WMW

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Human Rights Online Philippines Leave a comment

Women in the Frontlines Usapang Kababaihan: VAW, Aksiyunan at Tugunan Host: Clarissa Militante Guests: Catherine Nañola-Taleño, Haven for Women Elgin Mazo, Inter-Agency Council on Violence Against Women and Their Children Atty. Krissi Shafina Twyla Rubin, Commission on Human Rights Jeanette Ampog, Talikala, Inc. Submit your contribution online through HRonlinePH@gmail.com Include your full name, e-mail address, and contact number. All submissions