Human rights watchdog Karapatan strongly warned that the proposal to conduct house-to-house searches led by the Philippine National Police, with local government units, to track and transfer COVID-19 patients in hiding or those without or with mild symptoms to isolation facilities would “further facilitate State terror and police brutality in communities.” Karapatan Secretary General Cristina…
Aug 18, 2022, Jodesz Gavilan The Rural Missionaries of the Philippines says the continued state harassment and attacks have already weakened its capacity to help poor communities MANILA, Philippines – The Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) on Thursday, August 18, denounced the charges filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) which accused them of…
Ian Laqui – Philstar.com May 7, 2024 MANILA, Philippines — Former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV anticipates that a warrant for the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte and others linked to the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation will likely be handed in by the international tribunal by June. The former senator said this in a…
Filipinos are friendly by nature. We share our meal, our houses are open to visitors. We allow others to freely live in our lands. Filipinos are not violent. Spilling is against our culture—much more so, against a fellow Filipino. Filipinos are never greedy. We live within the day, within our means. We never hoard. We…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines– The Department of Health in Region 11 has emphasized the need for children to undergo anti-measles vaccination…
Unsurprisingly, Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) local and national candidates dominated the latest Ateneo de Davao University “Blue Vote” Electoral Survey Series for 2019 mid-term elections.