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 activists. Named Mental...
The AlterMidya Network expresses deep concern over the unjust conviction of Malaysian human rights defender Lena Hendry, who faces possible imprisonment for screening a documentary about alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka. The incident is a setback to the exercise of...
Maraming dahilan ang ibinibigay ng administrasyong Duterte para itigil na ang formal peace talks sa pagitan ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas (GRP) at National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Pero kung NDFP ang tatanungin, nananatiling bukas at pursigido ang...
Hinalughog diumano ng mahigit 10 miyembro ng Philippine National Police sa ilalim ng 415th Provincial Police Mobile Group ang Barangay Guisguis Talon sa Sariaya, Quezon upang hanapin ang organisador na si Ara Marcellana at iba pang mga miyembro ng Pambansang...
A former Bayan Muna party-list coordinator alleged by the military as an officer of the New People’s Army (NPA) was not killed in a shoot-out, but murdered in cold blood. This was the statement of the family of Glenn Ramos, 39, who was shot last February 7 inside the...
Matapos ang apat na taon ng pagiging diskwalipikado sa programa sa repormang agraryo, sa wakas ay pinagkalooban na ng Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) ang 111 magsasaka sa Hacienda Luisita. Tig-6,600 metro kwadradong lupa ang naipamahagi ni Agrarian Reform...
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) cried foul over the Government of the Republic of the Philippine’s (GRP) termination of the peace talks, saying that there was “no fair and just reason” for it, less than two weeks after the successful third...
An observer to the peace process urged the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to resume the formal talks, saying that “peace must always be the choice.” Charlito Manlupig, president of Balay...
Ang usapang pangkapayapaan sa pagitan ng gobyerno ng Republika ng Pilipinas (GRP) at National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) ang isa sa mga nagdala ng good vibes sa bagong administrasyon. Nagkaroon ng pag-asa para sa tunay na pagbabago, dahil...
The New People’s Army- North Central Mindanao Region belied the claims of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that the three soldiers killed in an encounter in Malaybalay, Bukidnon were unarmed. In a statement sent to the media, Ka Allan Juanito, spokesperson of...
Rome, Italy – The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) formally raised its complaints over the government’s violations of previously signed agreements as the third round of peace talks between the NDFP and GRP opened today January 19. “Our panel comes...
Nakabubuhay na pasahod; libreng pagkain, inumin at tirahan sa buong pananatili sa asyenda; at mga benepisyo gaya ng SSS, Philhealth at Pag-ibig—ilan lamang ito sa matatamis na pangakong binitiwan sa migratory sugar workers o mga sakada ng Greenhand Labor Service...
ROME, Italy—The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) signed today the supplemental guidelines to the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC). The JMC is tasked to monitor the implementation of the...