DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Monday, December 18, clarified that the city still has four working speed guns for the Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO). “We have a speed gun, we have it with the CTTMO,” Dutere-Carpio told a press conference. Previously, Supt. Ernesto Castillo, head of the Traffic Group, said…
Rappler.com, Nov 26, 2020, Rambo Talabong MANILA, Philippines The top legal minds of the Philippines urge the Supreme Court to put a stop to the controversial Anti-Terror Law ahead of the oral arguments The top legal minds of the Philippines united on Thursday, November 26, to reiterate their call to the Supreme Court to stop…
As the human rights organization commemorated the International Day Against Torture, Karapatan deplored the continuing policy and practice of torture used by State forces under Duterte. “Duterte’s disregard for the most basic rights and freedoms and his promotion of the culture of impunity in the country have made it possible for the perpetuation of torture…
“Ito ang galawang diktador at terorista. In addition to the already worsening attacks on people’s rights in the country, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte through his Executive Secretary released Memorandum Order No. 32, adds another weapon in the current administration’s arsenal of directives that will certainly up the level of State terrorism against the people, especially in…
National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace consultant Vicente Ladlad and companions are suffering from maltreatment in Camp Karingal, his wife complained in an “emergency bulletin.” Ladlad’s wife Fides Lim announced on her Facebook account that Ladlad and his companion Alberto Villamor were “suddenly ordered transferred to a small, congested prison cell for detainees accused…
The challenges being posed by the continuing imposition of Martial rule on the poorest in Mindanao doesn’t seem to deter the members of the Sisters Association in Mindanao (SAMIN) who are renewing their commitment to serve those whom they called “God’s Anawim” (Greek word for God’s poor).