Despite the increase of its testing capacity for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, the Southern Philippines Medical Center said they are lacking in extraction kits.
Lucille Sodipe – Agence France-Presse September 20, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — American lawyer Thomas Jones still remembers the scars of Philippine torture victims he interviewed for Amnesty International inside the country’s detention centers in 1975 during the rule of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. But Marcos, who presided over widespread abuses and corruption during his 20…
Alexis Romero (The Philippine Star) – November 23, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The hunger problem may worsen because of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the successive typhoons that battered the country, a Palace official said over the weekend. “Because of COVID and Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses… I won’t be surprised if there are…
We of the Ecumenical Advocacy Network on the Philippines (EANP) are deeply troubled by the “terrorist list” of 600 individuals recently issued by President Duterte. It includes human rights defenders, Catholic priests, drug war dissenters, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, herself an advocate for the rights of…
On June 28, 2019, the 14th Division of the Court of Appeals dismissed the petitions for the writ of amparo and habeas data filed by Karapatan, Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), and Gabriela. Karapatan assailed the decision and referred to it as “a gross disservice to the human rights defenders who continue to experience…
Bulatlat file photo The Congress-approved Senate version does not prohibit fixed-term and multi-layered contracting as demanded by workers. Its provision on penalties and fines on employers and agencies engaged in illegal labor-only contracting is weak. By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Various labor organizations, except the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), have expressed…
Jan 25, 2022 PHT Rappler.com #FactsFirstPH will unite various sectors to promote truth in public spaces and demand accountability from those who perpetrate lies MANILA, Philippines – With the 2022 elections just a few months away, Rappler and more than 100 other groups are launching an initiative that seeks to promote truth and fight disinformation. …