MANILA – Filipino-American activists protested Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s visit to the United States for the first trilateral U.S.-Japan-Philippines leaders’ summit on April 11. The national day of action was led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-US. Protests were also held in the states of...
Frank’s life would be better used in peace-work and dialogue, rather than have him languishing behind bars’
There is a pattern of disrespect to the rights of the human rights defenders accused of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses in Southern Luzon, human rights lawyers said on Friday, July 7.
The families of indigenous peoples’ rights advocates Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil De Jesus, who disappeared more than two months ago, asked the Court of Appeals to order law enforcement authorities to surface their missing kin.
by Exequiel Agultopinoyweekly.net Ang ngalang Crispin B. Beltran ni minsan yata ay hindi man lang nahagip ng mga mata sa mga librong nabasa o nadinig sa mga pinasukang lektura sa eskuwela, sa alinmang baitang. Bagaman isinilang ako nang higit na maaga—taong 1999—kaysa...
By KIMBERLIE QUITASOLwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY— Innabuyog, an alliance of women’s groups in the Cordillera, has called on the government to ensure the safety of an indigenous woman rights defender amid growing concerns over her continuous red-tagging. In a statement,...
The year-old Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government continues to implement anti-environment projects that cause displacement and other disastrous impacts of climate change, an environmental group told the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, Switzerland.
By JULIA THERESA SORIANO and VICTOR BATONGBAKALPinoy Weekly Mga dumalo sa Quezon City Pride Festival. Larawan ni Aira Kate Estrada. Makulay, masaya at puno ng pag-asa sa paglaban ang LGBTQ+ community sa mga Pride march nitong Hunyo 24. Tampok sa...
Health groups reported at the United Nations (UN) that access to health care in the Philippines remains inequitable despite digital innovations and technological breakthroughs in the sector.
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Vice President Sara Duterte is on a warpath against the public school teachers’ union, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and its affiliated party-list organization. As concurrent secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd),...
“It took four years for Ge-ann to be acquitted of all the charges against her, involving a ridiculous trove of firearms and explosives that bear the usual telltale marks of planted evidence. But the unfunny thing is, Frank Fernandez and Cleofe Lagtapon were convicted...
By JUNNETH DELA CRUZPinoy Weekly Sa sunod-sunod ang mga insidente pag-aresto sa ilalim ng rehimen ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr., tinatayang nasa 778 ang bilang ng bilanggong politikal na nakapiit sa iba’t ibang parte ng bansa. Nasa 49 naman ang dinakip...
By JULIA THERESA SORIANOPinoy Weekly Mariing tinutulan ng Gabriela sa isang pahayag ang pagtatalaga ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. kay Larry Gadon bilang Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation dahil sa kaliwa’t kanang...