DUTERTE, RESIGN NOW! The Philippines Needs a Government of National and Popular Unity (Statement of Laban ng Masa, on the 48th Anniversary of the Declaration of Martial Law, Sept. 21, 2020) Laban ng Masa, a coalition of socialist organizations and individuals, joins the rest of the country in marking the 48th anniversary of the beginning…
PAHAYAG Setyembre 19, 2020 Kung talagang gustong magbigay ng internet data allowance, dapat walang kondisyon Lahat ng guro ngayon ay nangangailangan ng internet. Hindi makagagampan sa mga tungkulin ang ating mga guro kung wala gadgets- desktop o laptop computer, tablet o smart phone. Kailangan mo rin ng printer at higit sa lahat, kailangan ng internet…
WALANG PIPIKIT: Human Rights Festival invites you to view PH in 360° Quezon City, Philippines – In commemoration of the 48th Martial Law anniversary and amid the health and human rights crisis in the country, artist-activist collective DAKILA-Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism, through its human rights education institution Active Vista, launches on September 19, Saturday,…
PAHAYAG Setyembre 15, 2020 Dapat maresolba ang mga problema sa modular learning at self-learning modules bago pa ito paggugulan ng malaking pondo Kamakailan ay sinabi ni Secretary Liling Briones ng DepEd, “May implikasyon ang dependence sa modular learning dahil baka uubusin natin ang mga puno natin sa kaka-produce. ‘Yung demand for paper… malaki ang effect…
Statement on the 48th anniversary of the declaration of martial law 18 September 2020 Forty-eight years ago, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos plunged the nation into one of its most devastating social, political and economic crises by declaring a nationwide martial law. The impact of more than a decade of political repression, plunder, corruption, nepotism…
Human rights groups, grassroots activists and civil society organizations launch protest marking the anniversary of the declaration of martial law Quezon City- Human rights groups, grassroots activists and civil society organizations launched in a press conference (September 18, 2020) a joint protest commemorating forty-eight years since the declaration of martial law by the late dictator…
EcoWaste Coalition Backs Provision of Free Reusable Cloth Masks as a Complementary Step to COVID-19 Preventive Measures The EcoWaste Coalition, an environmental health group working toward a zero waste and toxics-free society, welcomed the government’s initiative to provide free reusable or washable face masks to the public, especially “the poorest of the poor,” amid the…
PRESS RELEASE September 13, 2020 Rights group uses “Wakanda Forever” sign to protest Marcos Day Bill or H.B. 7137 Human rights group Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) uses the movie Black Panther’s “Wakanda forever pose” in their social media campaign “Never Again to Martial Law” to protest House Bill No. 7137 (setting September…
Press release September 11, 2020 Anti-torture advocates, women and child rights groups among new petitioners vs. Anti-Terror law filed at SC Anti-torture advocates, women and child rights groups, torture survivors, families of involuntary disappearances and forensic expert filed a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday, 11 September, to declare the Republic Act (RA)…
NEWS RELEASE September 10, 2020 TDC appeals to Government to hire displaced private school teachers “Private schools are considered as partners of public school system in the delivery of education service to the Filipino, they are not in a competition. More so, teachers in private educational institutions are part of the working-class- the men and…
EcoWaste Coalition Urges DENR and DPWH to Reveal Details of the Controversial Manila Bay’s “White Sand” Beach Beautification Project 7 September 2020, Quezon City. The environmental health group EcoWaste Coalition has joined the chorus of voices expressing disgust over the artificial creation of the so-called “white sand” beach to beautify the famed but polluted Manila…
Violence between state forces and the NPA puts indigenous peoples lives at risk 4 September 2020 Responding to reports of escalating violence in Surigao del Sur between government security forces and the New People’s Army (NPA) which led to the killing of two young indigenous people, Amnesty International Philippines Director, Butch Olano, said: “Violence between…
𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 Regional Trial Court Branch 74 of Olongapo City granted Joseph Pemberton’s petition to be released because he has served his ten-year sentence in just 5 years and 8 months, including 1 year and 5 weeks of his preventive detention. The court, without factual and reasonable basis and without…
TDC reaction on the calls for academic freeze “Sa simula pa lamang ay naniniwala na kami na Enero 2021 ang pinakaligtas at pinakahandang panahon para sa pagbubukas ng klase. Gamitin ang ilang buwang ito upang ihanda ang mga pangangailangan at bigyan ng pagsasanay ang mga guro at magulang at magbigay ng alternatibong paraan sa pag-aaral…
Drop in unemployment rate encouraging but not enough The reported drop in unemployment rate from 17.7% in April to 10% in July is natural because the economy opened. However, compared to unemployment in July 2019, the current level of unemployment remains high as a result of the economic crisis due to the pandemic and the…
Women Condemn Olongapo Court Order to Release Pemberton The World March of Women – Pilipinas, Ganda Filipinas and the lawyer of Jennifer Laude’s family underscored the irony of the court order to release US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton when the country is about to commemorate the removal of the US bases. “The 16th of September…
Pahayag ng True Colors Coalition (TCC) sa maagang pagpapalaya kay US military serviceman Joseph Pemberton mula sa pagkakakulong “𝘼𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙥𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙠𝙖𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙝 𝙋𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞 𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙜-𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙨𝙖 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤 𝙂𝘾𝙏𝘼. 𝙄𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙮 𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙬𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙮𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙝𝙖𝙣, at 𝙨𝙖 𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞 𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙮𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙜…
New PNP Chief a leading architect of the deadly drug war Responding to the appointment of PLtGen Camilo Cascolan as the new chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Amnesty International Philippines Section Director, Butch Olano, said “PLtGen Cascolan is no stranger to the deadly drug war. As the PNP’s former operations chief and co-author…
[STATEMENT] Denouncing attacks against Jejomar Contawe’s stand as a scholar of taxpayers The publication believes that the danger is not the outspoken nature of the youths on pressing issues but the blinding idealism people believe despite of all the evidences of social injustices. Pertaining to the right to free education approved and being implemented in…
EcoWaste Coalition Renews Drive for Non-Toxic Toys with the Onset of “Ber” Months As Filipinos usher in the “ber” months amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a group campaigning for children’s protection from hazardous chemicals renewed its call for safe and non-toxic toys for kids. In a press statement issued today, the EcoWaste Coalition highlighted the toy…
