VP Sara’s grave threats cannot be justified — rights lawyer
Grave threats cannot be used as justification.
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Grave threats cannot be used as justification.
“The states do not appear to actively care about human rights, nor do they even pay lip service to it to appear that they uphold [the fourth pillar].”
The assassination threats made by Vice President Sara Duterte against high-ranking government officials were difficult to refute, as these were witnessed by the Filipino people.
This is the second time that Duterte got impeached at the House of Representatives.
Progressive groups here called on Filipinos nationwide to stay engaged and continue monitoring the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, warning that public attention is key to holding those in power accountable.
“Six-months suspension is entirely disproportionate to the severe, life-threatening danger she has inflicted upon the medical community.”
UP graduates pose for a photo with sunflowers as they celebrate their graduation at UP Diliman. The annual sunflower season bloom has become a tradition that marks graduation season at UP Diliman.
“There can be no genuine friendship between an imperialist power and its neocolony.."
From the island and mountains of Rizal to the watershed of Samar Island, wind energy projects are being built on the forests that protect communities from floods and landslides.
The operating team allegedly destroyed their bangkaso (sacred altar), a grave violation to their culture as Indigenous peoples.
No amount of rosy figures churned out by the government and credit-rating institutions could erase the reality of the crisis faced by millions of Filipinos.
“Punishment is not the answer. Proper intervention is needed to guide children towards reason."
Aside from being displaced from their lands, farmers were subjected to intimidation from private armies, harassment, and fabricated charges.
Dumping hazardous waste of developed countries like the US signifies “shifting their own waste burdens to countries” like the Philippines.
So-called defense industrial cooperation with U.S. imperialism will only bind the country more tightly to the U.S. war industry's supply chain and U.S. strategic priorities, but it does not guarantee technology transfer, long-term modernization, or self-reliance.
Under the Marcos Jr. regime, U.S. military involvement in the Philippines has expanded dramatically.
"The NCR minimum wage remains far below the estimated family living wage, which labor advocates say now exceeds P1,300 a day."
A tribute to BPO workers organizer Mary Grace "Isty" Petrolla, who passed away on June 2.
A state university and 1,500 farmers are locked in a dispute over 600 hectares of farm.
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