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‘Be at the frontlines, fight for people’s right to health,’ newly-passed doctors urged
‘Be at the frontlines, fight for people’s right to health,’ newly-passed doctors urged
This year, the plight of health workers and the dire conditions of the country's public health system were highlighted amid the raging pandemic.
Petitioners to SC: Stop Terror Law
Petitioners to SC: Stop Terror Law
"...[t]here is a compelling necessity and urgency to prevent, running up to almost two (2) months before the oral arguments, any further implementation of the provisions of the assailed law as they impact on the lives, liberties and security of the petitioners and the public at large.”
Lullaby for Baby River
Lullaby for Baby River
The music video shows Reina Mae Nasino's continuing struggle against injustice as she remains in jail over trumped-up charges.
#SanaALL? | Rapid, scientific response key in controlling COVID-19 cases in S. Korea, Vietnam
#SanaALL? | Rapid, scientific response key in controlling COVID-19 cases in S. Korea, Vietnam
What Vietnam and Southern Korea have done to combat the spread of COVID-19 are exactly the opposite of what the Philippine government has been doing so far.
Address the roots of the armed conflict, red-tagged activists say
Address the roots of the armed conflict, red-tagged activists say
“You think you can kill a movement by persecuting them? You do not know history. If you see the history of the Catholic church, it only grew when there were martyrs whose blood actually watered the seed that was sown by Jesus Christ. So if you think that you will break the movement, you will break dissent by persecuting, you are very much mistaken.”
11 years on, kin of Ampatuan massacre victims still searching for justice
11 years on, kin of Ampatuan massacre victims still searching for justice
Under the Duterte administration, human rights group Karapatan said the climate of impunity that has made this massacre possible has "visibly intensified," particularly as the attacks against journalists continue unabated.
First Person | In Montalban, injustice thick as sludge
First Person | In Montalban, injustice thick as sludge
It's as if the greed and neglect piled upon more greed and neglect has turned into something thick and viscid, and like mud threatens to harden into something more permanent. I can only hope that that something is awakening, and not despair.
Kasiglahan’s miserable state highlights disregard for the poor’s right decent housing
Kasiglahan’s miserable state highlights disregard for the poor’s right decent housing
Under existing policies and government priorities, there seems to be no safe place for displaced poor of Metro Manila. They have been deprived of the right to city, to adequate housing, and to decent life. Typhoon Ulysses (international name: Vamco) has again brought to the fore the government’s criminal neglect.
Balik-Tanaw | The blessed ones
Balik-Tanaw | The blessed ones
Amid this miserable situation, we are still a nation not running out with GREAT PEOPLE...They are sometimes called activists, human rights defenders, advocates, change makers, dreamers. However, under Anti-Terrorism Act, they can be called terrorists or be victims of red-tagging.
‘Life was the only thing we managed to save’
‘Life was the only thing we managed to save’
After surviving yet another raging flood that took away their home and belongings, Kasiglahan residents are at a loss as to how to start again.
Manila judge faces raps for parting Baby River from political prisoner ma
Manila judge faces raps for parting Baby River from political prisoner ma
Human rights lawyers representing Reina Mae Nasino said the Manila judge exhibited manifest bias and partiality against the political prisoner and her co-accused.
The aftermath
The aftermath
A farmer, Nida Davao in barangay San Jose, Montalban, Rizal checking her crops after the typhoon hit their village.
Then and now, indigenous peoples fighting for ancestral lands charged with terrorism
Then and now, indigenous peoples fighting for ancestral lands charged with terrorism
This is not the first time that a national minority was charged with terrorism.
Aparición | Honey May Suazo
Aparición | Honey May Suazo
Hanimay Suazo is a high-profile human rights defender in Davao City. In 2019, she was disappeared after being red-tagged by an Army general.
Philippine Army soldiers kill journalist in Masbate
Philippine Army soldiers kill journalist in Masbate
“He (Villamor) is the 19th slain during the Duterte administration and the 191st since 1986. "
Cops disperse kin, friends commemorating 40th day of Baby River’s death
Cops disperse kin, friends commemorating 40th day of Baby River’s death
"There is something wrong because her 23-year old mother was detained not because she did something wrong, but because she was wrongfully accused." -- Bishop Broderick Pabillo
Students condemn Duterte’s ‘criminal negligence’
Students condemn Duterte’s ‘criminal negligence’
“Filipino youth’s strike back against Duterte’s criminal negligence today could also be seen as a parallelism to the Czechoslovakian students’ fight against the Nazi occupation."
Empirical bases for ending the semester and mass promoting UP Diliman students (and ousting you-know-who)
Empirical bases for ending the semester and mass promoting UP Diliman students (and ousting you-know-who)
Remote learning cannot continue in the wake of the global pandemic and the strong typhoons, not to mention the incompetence and indifference of the Duterte administration.
Get out into the storm, my friend
Get out into the storm, my friend
Get out of your comfort zone, my friend,
perhaps you’ll see dehumanizing poverty
Meet the people displaced,
perhaps you’ll see vulnerability
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