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'The management of J.E. Abraham C. Lee Construction and Development Inc. as well as DOLE and Cebu City LGU have fallen short in ensuring safety of the workers.'
If this proposed law was passed, the government can start making warrantless arrest and detention 15 days after publication.
'Political prisoners are at a disadvantage in cases such as these, where conviction may be had on the sole testimony of the arresting officer.'
Marklen Maojo Maga, 39, was arrested by policemen in plainclothes at around 8:40 a.m. after he brought his son to school. It was only in the evening that his family and lawyers confirmed that he is being held at the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group compound in Camp Crame.
NUJP sees the attack on Kodao as part of the Duterte government's "efforts to silence critical media, as seen in the continuing attempt to shut down Rappler, threaten other news outfits, and other voices of dissent."
Karapatan has criticized Duterte's counterinsurgency program "Oplan Kapayapaan" as no different from the past administrations' policies, targeting civilians and activists and peasant and indigenous peoples' communities.
"Several campus publications and student journalists across the country have been subjected to various forms of harassment, red-tagging and military surveillance."
“This proposal is as dangerous as it is, to put it as plainly as possible, stupid.”
'It is not a crime to defend the environment.'
The Communist Party of the Philippines-Central Luzon said the Philippine Army is the only one with the motive to kill Catholic priest Marcelito "Tito" Paez.
The Duterte administration intends to use, for the first time, the anti-terror law of the Philippines, the Human Security Act.
Julito Otacan’s work is crucial for the project to take hold and help the lives of the Lumad communities
Before the incident, the broadcaster had reported receiving multiple death threats, some of which he posted on his Facebook page.
“Aside from unilaterally revising the law and reinterpreting it to suit one's draconian fetishes, to label legitimate and legal people's actions is a foreboding of worse things to come,” the NUPL said.
It was Pres. Duterte himself who urged the drivers to go on a strike if they are indeed opposed to jeepney phaseout.
Launched in June this year, Fakeblok is part of the NUJP's campaign against the spread of misinformation online.
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