By Reynard Magtoto | Baretang Bikolnon Legazpi City – Media groups called on the authorities to conduct a swift and in-depth investigation into the murder of radio broadcaster Noel Bellen Samar in Albay province. Samar, 54, was shot on the road in Guinobatan on October 20 and was declared...
LEGAZPI CITY - Families of the victims, Karapatan Bikol, Hustisya, and Desaparecidos reiterate the call to urgently and safely surface Felix Salaveria Jr., James Jazmines, and all victims of enforced disappearances, March 1. It has been six (6) months since their...
By REYNARD MAGTOTOBaretang Bikolnon What the military claim as rebels killed in an encounter in Masbate were actually farmers tending to their carabao by the river. Relatives of slain farmers Ronel Abril and Roger Clores belie the claim of the 2nd Infantry...
By Reynard Magtoto The families and human rights groups are asking the public's help to surface the two activists abducted in separate incidents in Tabaco City, Albay. It has already been almost two weeks since the abduction of activists James Jazmines and Felix...
By REYNARD MAGTOTOBaretang Bikolnon Students from Bicol University held a lightning protest during their graduation rites on July 12. Photos of the placards being seized from the students circulated on social media. They showed cadets of the university's Reserve...
By REYNARD MAGTOTOBaretang Bikolnon While fisherfolk groups celebrated what they calls “relative success”, Save Gubat Bay Movement (SGBM) expressed caution and vigilance over BFAR’s amendment on provisions in the Fishery Administrative Order (FAO) No. 264 this week....
The new security plan will likely be used by state forces to threaten and create fear among rights defenders and residents in rural communities.
Media groups are outraged over the pressing of charges against a local journalist in Camarines Sur.
The community development program of the Philippine police and military being implemented in Bicol is a pretense for increased militarization and repression of activists.
Every June 12, residents of Brgy. Maninila, Guinobataon, Albay hang banderitas and prepare delicacies for their barangay fiesta. This year is different. Residents were compelled to evacuate following Mt. Mayon’s Alert Level 3 volcanic activity.
By Reynard Magtoto Legazpi City- “This is not the time to fear,” the families of Jenelyn Nagrampa and Pastor Dan San Andres said as they demand the release of the two human rights defenders arrested in separate incidents this month in Camarines Sur. Bicol progressive...