“In this time of crisis, asserting our right to free expression is crucial. During these dark times, our voices need to be heard, not stifled.”
Media groups denounce arrest of Panay journos, say health crisis used to curtail press freedom
Day: May 2, 2020
Iloilo 42 released on bail
The Iloilo City Regional Trial Court Branch 35 granted the petition for bail and ordered the release of the 42.
Responding to Escolta’s street vendors: How do we provide relief and security to the economically vulnerable?
Most of us may be afraid and cautious of this invisible virus possibly lurking in our vicinity. But for the economically vulnerable, it is the untrustworthy authorities that they are most afraid of during this quarantine. With Duterte’s order to shoot anyone who does not obey, the police were given even more power to assert their authority over the vendors and homeless.
Boni takes a selfie
By DEE AYROSO
Labor Day ‘surrender’ of 16 ‘Reds’ staged – groups
Labor group Defend Coca-Cola Workers reported cases of harassment against as early as January of this year, when Coca-Cola management brought workers to Fort Sto. Domingo, Santa Rosa, and Camp Vicente Lim, Calamba, for anti-union seminars.
Without ‘sufficient grounds’ for their arrest, relief workers in Marikina freed
“We are confident that the PNP’s [Philippine National Police] alleged evidence will not stand the test of credibility and competence required to establish probable cause.”