‘From the river to SEA’: Palestine’s struggle and parallels in the Philippines
Citizens around the world look are finding it hard to look away from Israel’s atrocities as deaths of thousands of Palestinians continue.
Ratziel San Juan
International observers to monitor 2022 national polls
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.
Community journos ramp up safety preps ahead of 2022 polls
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...
64-year-old child rights advocate arrested over ‘ridiculous charges’
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...
‘Wag Kukurap’: PH media pledge to do better in 2022 election coverage
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,...
‘No to corporate control over food’: Groups launch alternative to UN summit
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...
Duterte order meant to save gov’t face, not solve pandemic -UP doc
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: Proof that Filipinos can unite over common good
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...
Groups protest Chinese incursion in West PH Sea on ‘Araw ng Kagitingan’
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,...
Silencing activists, ‘Tokhang-style’
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...
‘Bakwit’ school: Lumads assert right to education
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...
Case vs Nueva Ecija radio station dismissed
THE CASE filed by a barangay chair in Nueva Ecija against a local community radio station over an alleged violation of Republic Act 11469 or the “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act” has been dismissed due to lack of evidence. Rolanda Domingo, chair of Barangay Manacsac in...