The Jose Rapsing Command of the New People’s Army (NPA) claimed 11 government soldiers were killed in the ambush it conducted Friday, August 3, at Sitio Manga, Barangay Mactan, Cawayan town in Masbate Province. In a statement, Luz del Mar, spokesperson of the rebel army command, confirmed an earlier Philippine National Police report that three…
Who do you suppose will end up paying for the enormous sums of money spent on the six-year social media campaign of Marcos Jr.? And for the transactional politics that convinced so many governors, mayors, and the like, to support him? Unlike our D and E voters, who were ill-informed but sincerely motivated and should not be blamed (e.g. Filipinos are “bobo”), these politicians were motivated by greed and self-preservation. Do you think Marcos Jr. will not want a return on his ill-gotten investments?
The government set its sights on another Australian human rights lawyer, this time preventing him from entering the Philippines. Former Macquerie University law professor and long-time advocate for human rights in the Philippines Gill Boehringer is being held by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 since midnight of…
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer / February 17, 2021 A survey by the Department of the Interior and Local Government found that only 3 of 10 Metro Manila residents want to be vaccinated against COVID-19. It’s a major problem given the DILG target of 80 percent of the National Capital Region’s population, and again underscores the…
Xave Gregorio – Philstar.com, November 5, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — The UN Human Rights Committee is asking the Philippines to amend portions of the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act to comply with an international treaty on civil and political rights. In a recent 13-page unedited report, the panel of human rights experts said the country should review…
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