While watching the orchestrated shooting at the Senate back in June, I only thought of one thing: the freedom of the press is compromised. Those in power are ever-desperate to control and feed the mass media with a coverage unworthy of people's attention in an attempt to cover- up their...
Tomorrow, August 30, is National Press Freedom Day. It is the first year we are commemorating this day without our colleague, community journalist RJ Nichole Ledesma of Paghimutad-Negros. RJ would have also turned 31 on August 30. We are outraged that justice remains...
By Chryseis Mactal Human rights defenders and activists need all the mental help they can get. This is the reason why health advocates and supporters have launched a learning package to strengthen the psychological well-being of human rights defenders and...
Ni Donna Mae Delfin at Jenny Rose Flores Mas mahirap maging maliit na negosyante sa Pilipinas kaysa sa ibang bansa sa rehiyon. Ito ang hinaing ng mga negosyante, lokal na prodyuser, konsiyumer, at policymakers sa isang konsultasyon tungkol sa taas ng singil ng...
Ni Chryseis Mactal Naghain ng apela ang mga abogado nina Frenchie Mae Cumpio at Marielle Domequil sa Court of Appeals sa Cebu City noong Agosto 3 para hilinging baligtarin ang hatol na guilty sa kanila sa kasong terrorism financing ng Tacloban City Regional Trial...
Ni JENNY PAPASIN Minsan akong nagawi sa Asyenda Luisita, Tarlac para makipag-aralan at makipamuhay sa mga magbubukid. Sa batayan ng lawak ng dagat sa kinalakihan kong isla, magkakahitsura sa akin doon ang "walang hanggan" sa lupa. Sa loob kasi ng asyenda, lagpas sa...
The lawyers of Frenchie Mae and Marielle Domequil will appeal the conviction today at the Court of Appeals. The two were convicted wrongfully fo terrorism financing early this year. We maintain that the ruling of the Tacloban Regional Trial Court, issued by Judge...
By Kristine Villanueva NEW YORK CITY — More than 200 Filipinos and allies from across the Northeastern United States rallied in front of the Philippine Consulate General and Cerberus Capital Management on Monday, condemning President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s State of...
Ni JOHN AARON CORPORAL at EMMANUEL GATA “Palakasin natin ‘yung kampanya sa national and international level para palayain ang lahat ng bilanggong pulitikal, para ma-raise ang awareness kung sino sila at i-demand sa Marcos administration na palayain sila.” Ito ang...
By JAZHEEL C. SARINO Indigenous peoples (IPs) in Mindanao continue to suffer inequality, discrimination, and violence despite making up a significant portion of the region's population. This was pointed out by lawyer Raymond Marvic Baguilat, senior lecturer and lead...
Nina John Aaron F. Corporal at Emmanuel B. Gata Nagbabala ang mga grupong pangkalikasan at mga residente sa posibleng pinsala sa kalikasan, kabuhayan, at mga komunidad sa Olongapo City dahil sa Olongapo Solar Project at sa planong pagpapalawak nito. “Napakayaman nung...
The pending anti-disinformation bills confuse the symptoms with the disease. Instead of addressing the political, economic, and technological systems that manufacture and profit from coordinated information manipulation, they place the burden on individual expression...
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. must think the public is as blind as his subordinates when he said it was difficult to determine who were protesters and who were journalists in the July 22 violent dispersal in Pasay City. The police...