The international human rights community expressed concern on the killing of Karapatan paralegal and health worker Zara Alvarez, as various organizations in the Philippines and abroad conducted a global day of action today, August 19, against extrajudicial killings in the country.
By RONALYN V. OLEA MANILA — Up to the last hearing on the petitions for writ of amparo and for habeas data filed by the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), the respondents who have red tagged and vilified the rights lawyers did not set foot inside the courtroom to prove their allegations. During the…
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…
By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter/INQUIRER.net /August 14, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Filipino scholars at a European Union (EU) educational program are among the best performing students, the EU Delegation to the Philippines revealed on Friday. Aside from having more than 40 Erasmus+ scholars who have either graduated with honors or those who had their…
As the three-day International Fact Finding and Solidarity Mission in three regions in Mindanao is concluded today, Karapatan scored the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police for the numerous cases of threats and harassment faced by participants to the said mission. “Either these are proof of the State forces’ paranoia overdrive…
MANILA, Philippines – The Sandugo Movement of Moro and Indigenous Peoples for Self Determination staged a protest in front of…
Feb 23, 2021, Reuters MANILA, Philippines The Philippines has relaxed a ban on deploying its healthcare workers overseas, but still limits the number of medical professionals leaving the country to 5,000 a year The Philippines will let thousands of its healthcare workers, mostly nurses, take up jobs in Britain and Germany if the two countries agree…