International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a strong warning against the Philippine government’s increasing use of “red-tagging,” a practice in which labor leaders and union members are linked to armed communist rebels. HRW is a New York-based organization that investigates human...
While Pres. Benigno Aquino III is "rubbing elbows with other hypocritical world leaders" at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) Climate Talks in Paris, France – an "environment-friendly" government project has come under fire for supposedly being used as an excuse...
Protests over the recently concluded high-level meetings of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) were not confined within Metro Manila: they were spread out throughout the entire country as early as May, when APEC economic ministers met in Boracay. If Pres....
It isn't really just about the special traffic lanes or even the reorganizing of the life of the nation's capital for a few days because of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Although they do make visible the real problem with APEC – it's an...
It was past midnight in the Naga City gymnasium, and most of the Lumad, tired from three days of traveling by land and by sea, have retired to sleep inside their malongs. But not Datu Magal. He sits alert and upright, silently watching over his people as they slowly...
Sa pag-alala sa kanilang mga yumaong mahal sa buhay ngayong Undas, hustisya pa rin ang sigaw ng mga biktima ng Bagyong Yolanda—lalo na at umano’y nagsisinungaling pa rin sa kanila si Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman. Ipinangako ni Soliman na pagdating ng...
Nagsimula noong Setyembre 21 at magtatapos sa Oktubre 6 ang mga pulong ng Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) sa Iloilo City. Para sa APEC, gumastos ang pambansang pamahalaan ng milyun-milyon para sa pagtatayo ng mga imprastruktura, kabilang na ang...
A police raid on a church compound in Davao City, where some 700 Lumads have sought refuge several months now, highlighted the unresolved issue of militarization and exposed how a congresswoman aids military forces. This video by Kilab Multimedia shows the violent...
Last week, a veteran union leader of government employees, Tonette Setias-Dizon, was forced to seek protection at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, fearing for her life after being tailed by suspicious men. Setias-Dizon’s case, detailed in a report by Pinoy...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines' declaration of a victory in the killing of New People’s Army commander Leoncio “Kumander Parago” Pitao and his medical aide Vanessa Limpag last June 28, is marred by the probability of an international humanitarian law violation....