By: Cathrine Gonzales – Reporter / INQUIRER.net / February 12, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Half of the 10,000 Covid-19 vaccines from China’s state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm will be allocated to the wives of members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Friday. FDA director-general Eric Domingo confirmed this in…
In a position paper submitted to a Technical Working Group meeting yesterday, June 18, 2018, by the House of Representatives Committees on Public Order and Safety and National Defense and Security, Karapatan expressed the human rights group’s opposition to the proposed amendments to the Human Security Act of 2007 as “monstrous measures that are in…
2019 photo of Sariaya residents protesting against SMC’s development plans in the area. Courtesy of Quezon Reels “Thousands of fisherfolk, farmers, and rural poor who depend on fishing and coconut farming will lose their livelihoods.” By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com SANTA ROSA, Laguna – One of the Philippines’ largest corporations, San Miguel Corporation, is threatening to…
Manobo Jan-jan cries while delivering his valedictory speech as he remembers the hardships they have to endure to graduate, despite their being displaced due to the alleged militarization of their communities. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Video by Resbak Masdan ang mga daing ng taumbayan noong SONA. Ang video na ito ay dokumentasyon ng pagkilos ng mga artista mula sa iba’t-ibang hanay at organisasyon, bilang pagkundena sa walang habas na paglabag ng Rehimeng Duterte sa karapatang pantao ng mga Pilipino. (Resbak, Respond and Break the Silence On the Killings, is an…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) should uphold people’s rights by recommending the veto of the Anti-Terrorism Bill, human rights watchdog Karapatan strongly urged, as the DOJ reviews the proposed measure. In a letter addressed to DOJ Secretary Menardo Guevarra, Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said that the Anti-Terrorism Bill “will inevitably and ultimately infringe on…