WOMEN’S DAY
Various women’s group s in Southern Mindanao region march in Davao City on the occasion of the 108th International Women’s Day, Thursday, March 8. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)
Various women’s group s in Southern Mindanao region march in Davao City on the occasion of the 108th International Women’s Day, Thursday, March 8. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)
Dec 19, 2020, Agence France-Presse MANILA, Philippines Vicky has affected some 1,525 people in 13 barangays in the Northern Mindanao, Davao, and Caraga regions as of Saturday morning, December 19 At least two people were killed and hundreds forced to flee their inundated homes in the Philippines as torrential rain caused by Tropical Depression Vicky…
Dec 26, 2020, Kiko Mendoza QUEZON, Philippines Sexual harassment, distance learning, red-tagging. These issues mobilized students in a pandemic year. No lockdown could stem the wave of activism this year, as students and young Filipinos acted on their rage – whether to expose sexual harassment in schools, call out red-tagging government officials, or unmask the…
Three companions of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Adelberto Silva arrested with him last Monday, November 15, were ordered freed Thursday after charges of illegal possession of firearms against them have been dismissed. Public Interest Law Center (PILC) managing counsel Rachel Pastores said that the temporary release of Hedda Calderon, Ireneo Atadero…
From Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte, Miriam Roda, along with her fellow union members, travelled to this city to join other women in a protest rally on Friday, March 8. She chose to be in the picket line that day, in solidarity with other toiling women commemorating the International Women’s Day.
They may be tireless and fearless, but human rights defenders are humans too. They get tired and have their own share of fear. Still, they continue to rise above it all amid the worsening human rights situation in the country. Watch this fun-filled Huntahan sesh with human rights defenders of Karapatan, which is now on…
An angry Jose Maria Sison called President Rodrigo Duterte a “political swindler” who is bent on sabotaging the peace negotiation between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Reacting to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s announcement Monday Duterte no longer wants a third party facilitator in the peace talks between the Government…