By JAZHEEL C. SARINO Indigenous peoples (IPs) in Mindanao continue to suffer inequality, discrimination, and violence despite making up a significant portion of the region's population. This was pointed out by lawyer Raymond Marvic Baguilat, senior lecturer and lead legal officer of the...
For residents of Happyland, Tondo in Manila, the biggest irony in their community lies in its name: with a coal facility wreaking damage to their health and safety, their barangay is anything but a happy place.
A dictator in Malacañang is passé, not that it was ever in fashion.
Hindi unang beses humarap sa marahas na demolisyon ang mga residente ng Brgy. Patungan, Maragondon, Cavite. Marami nang pagtatangkang ginawa ang mga land developer para palayasin ang mga residente at itulak ang proyektong eco-turismo sa lugar.
Environmental groups led by Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) slammed the Duterte administration for lifting the open pit mining ban in the guise of earning funds for economic recovery.
lexander Abinguna, known fondly to us as Chakoy, has been in jail for nearly two years now. The cases against him are much like the trumped-up charges filed against activists: illegal possession of firearms and illegal possession of explosives.
By Neil Jan Efrein Dizon and Jamaica Marciano AHEAD OF THE 12th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, which has been indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 threat, local and international organizations called to junk the very global organization...
Hangarin ni Steve Abua, 35, na mapabuti ang kondisyon na dinaranas ng mga nasa laylayan ng lipunan, gaya ng mga magsasaka, manggagawang bukid, at pambansang minorya.
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...
Hinuli ng 2 hinihinalang sundalo ang nasa 40 mangingisda, kabilang ang anim na bata, mula sa Malolos, Hagonoy at Obando at sapilitang dinala sa military detachment sa Sitio Dapdap, Brgy. Taliptip, Bulakan, Bulacan noong Oktubre 29, alas-12 ng tanghali.
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...
Hands off our libraries.
ni Gia Boragay Sa ilalim ng administrasyong Duterte kunsaan seryoso ang isyu ng karapatang pantao, naging bukas at maaasahang institusyon ang Commission on Human Rights (CHR) para sa mga apektadong indibidwal at grupo. Agad na umaksyon ang CHR para sa mga...