The legal counsel of detained Tacloban journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and human rights advocate Mariel Domequil has asked the Court of Appeals (CA) to reverse and set aside a Manila court’s decision granting the petition for civil forfeiture filed by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC). In...
Philippine-based election watchdog Kontra Daya has released its full research on the background of party-list groups participating in the 2022 national elections. Based on their findings, the group said majority of the party-lists are not representing the poor and...
Renowned forensic pathologist Raquel Fortun has classified the death of Chad Booc as a homicide, adding that the 26-year-old Lumad school volunteer teacher most likely died from fatal wounds. “Clearly, these internal injuries are not compatible with life. I doubt even...
The Philippine Election International Observer Mission (IOM) has been launched to provide independent monitoring of the Philippine Elections from the February 8 start of the campaign period up to the May 9 voting day, subsequent counting, and declaration of results.
MONTHS AHEAD of the 2022 presidential elections, alternative media outfits and community journalists jumpstarted preparations for safely covering the national polls. As election coverage is a dangerous task, following a set of safety guidelines while gathering news...
A 64-year-old human rights leader has been arrested over a 16-year-old rebellion case filed back in November 2005. The Sunday morning arrest of Maria Salome Crisostomo-Ujano, national coordinator of the Philippines Against Child Trafficking (PACT), was confirmed by...
MONTHS before the upcoming election season, a total of 315 journalists and 40 media organizations promised to provide credible and contextual media coverage of the 2022 polls. Through a signed pledge, all signatories vowed to put voters at the center of reportage,...
Civil society groups and people’s organizations worldwide launched the Global People’s Summit on Food Systems on June 5. Their goal: to gather support for their call to dismantle corporate control over food and restore our ecosystems. The counter-summit was organized...
Physician and academic Gene Nisperos of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine criticized the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte for prioritizing its public image over improving the country’s pandemic response. This comes after the Presidential...
COMMUNITY PANTRIES have shattered the myth that Filipinos are a disunited people, says Ana Patricia 'Patreng' Non, the woman who set up the first community pantry at Maginhawa Street in Quezon City amid the pandemic. “May usual thinking tayo na ang mga Pilipino hindi...
The broad local alliance Pilipinong Nagkakaisa Para sa Soberanya (P1NAS) on April 9 commemorated Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) by holding an online multi-sectoral protest against the continuing incursion of Chinese forces at the West Philippine Sea. Since March,...
In the Philippines, murderers walk free to kill another day. But for human rights groups, they are clad in official uniforms, using official weapons, and bearing official titles. They are government forces mandated to serve and protect. The latest in state-sponsored...
Fa Fles Ato. This is a B’laan phrase meaning “to continue.” It is also the message of Lumad youth who were separated from their families and forced to evacuate from their communities after being displaced by military presence, encampment, and operations. The Bakwit...