Lumad human rights worker abducted in Cagayan de Oro
Renalyn Tejero was abducted by suspected police at 5 A.M. today, March 21.
Lumad human rights worker abducted in Cagayan de Oro
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#DutertePalpak: PH worst in Southeast Asia in COVID-19 response amid surge in new cases
#DutertePalpak: PH worst in Southeast Asia in COVID-19 response amid surge in new cases
But what is even more alarming for Filipinos is that amid the surge in new COVID-19 cases, the response of the Duterte government to the pandemic more than a year into the crisis remains grossly inadequate and incompetent. While implementing the strictest and longest lockdown in the region, the Philippines continues to lag behind our neighbors in Southeast Asia in actually responding to the pandemic.
Vaccine vacuity
Vaccine vacuity
As the number of cases surged enough to put the Philippines ahead of other countries in Southeast Asia; as millions of workers lost their jobs; as schools and businesses ceased operations and even closed permanently; and as the economy spiraled into a recession, apparently at a loss over what to do, Mr. Duterte on a number of occasions declared that only a vaccine could stop the pandemic.
SC pressed to protect people’s rights, freedoms
SC pressed to protect people’s rights, freedoms
Amid the national outrage and international concern raised over the March 7 “Bloody Sunday” killing of nine activists in the Southern Tagalog region, urgent calls are being addressed to the Supreme Court to do what it can, while it can, to protect the people’s constitutional rights.
Majority of COVID-19 loans not used for pandemic response
Majority of COVID-19 loans not used for pandemic response
Aside from the fact that the biggest chunk was not used specifically for the COVID-19 response, it is the taxpayers who will suffer the most in paying off these debts.
Public health care gets pittance from huge COVID-19 loans
Public health care gets pittance from huge COVID-19 loans
“We are puzzled. Where did the huge amount of debts go? There is no transparency how the Bayanihan 1 and 2 funds had been spent.”
PH records all-time high of 7k new COVID-19 cases
PH records all-time high of 7k new COVID-19 cases
The Philippines has recorded an all-time highest tally – 7,103 new COVID-19 cases – today, March 19.
Maliit na bagay? | Health workers’ lives not a small thing
Maliit na bagay? | Health workers’ lives not a small thing
A year since the world’s longest and strictest lockdown was imposed, health workers here in the Philippines are still dying due to the dreaded virus – the latest is a unionist in a government hospital.
Southern Tagalog braces for ‘second wave’ of arrests following Bloody Sunday
Southern Tagalog braces for ‘second wave’ of arrests following Bloody Sunday
“How can [the judiciary] distance themselves [from the police action] if they themselves signed the documents used to make the operations seem legitimate?” - Defend Southern Tagalog
Rethinking basic education
Rethinking basic education
The assumption that education at the basic level should go far beyond the conventional essentials should inform the country’s return to face-to-face classes. Because not everyone can go on to college — where it is presumed that imparting a commitment to civic responsibility and respect for the Bill of Rights are part of the curricula (but often are not) — developing among the young the capacity to make informed decisions as citizens charged with deciding the future of this country should be among the fundamentals of basic education.
‘Something’s terribly wrong’
‘Something’s terribly wrong’
The Calabarzon killings were actually the latest of the killings that have provoked such condemnation. Still unresolved are the killings of nine Tumandok indigenous community members in similar police operations in Panay Island last Dec. 30, the attempted slaying of the Tumandoks’ lawyer in Iloilo, as well as the killing by police anti-drug operatives of the mayor of Calbayog City.
Teachers condemn arrest of Butuan City vice principal
Teachers condemn arrest of Butuan City vice principal
"The arrest came days after the DILG release a memorandum tagging ACT and other progressive groups in the public sector as a communist terrorist groups."
Lab Notes | Mangroves 101: Why we need to #SaveTaliptip
Lab Notes | Mangroves 101: Why we need to #SaveTaliptip
Once the aerotropolis is built, the hazards of the storm surfaces and high tide would be more pronounced - especially since we’re in the Philippines, a country hit by tens of typhoons a year. And this will only get worse as storms get more violent and sea levels rise due to climate change - and in fact, destroying mangrove trees release tons of carbon dioxide due stored in their soils.
Global mission finds local remedies for rights victims in PH illusory
Global mission finds local remedies for rights victims in PH illusory
“Domestic remedies have been ineffective at providing redress and at halting continued abuses. The power imbalance between victims of state violence, and perpetrators who have the backing of government apparatuses, is grave. Structures to redress this imbalance are lacking.”
Groups condemn red-tagging of judge who freed journo, labor organizer
Groups condemn red-tagging of judge who freed journo, labor organizer
“Not only is it an underhanded threat against Judge Quisumbing-Ignacio, it also seeks to undermine the independence of all judges and the courts handling similar cases.”
Despite COVID-19 loans, aid for the poor insignificant
Despite COVID-19 loans, aid for the poor insignificant
“Such huge debts but we never got even five kilos of rice. And we will be the ones to pay those debts through our taxes. My grand-grand children might end up paying for those.”
#DutertePalpak: Progressive groups protest Duterte’s inefficient COVID-19 response
#DutertePalpak: Progressive groups protest Duterte’s inefficient COVID-19 response
"Duterte failed. Duque failed. They should be held accountable."
Relief volunteers, advocates say junking of charges ‘a vindication’
Relief volunteers, advocates say junking of charges ‘a vindication’
“Time and again, we have reminded authorities that neither the pandemic nor their grave ignorance of the law or dumb over-zealousness is an excuse to trample upon basic rights and curtail freedoms.” -- NUPL
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