By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter INQUIRER.net , August 11, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The police should hand the investigation of a National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant’s slay to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), a group of local lawyers said on Tuesday. In a statement, the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG)…
By: Eunice Barbara C. Novio INQUIRER.net /August 04, 2020 In his London flat, Rogelio Braga was busy typing on his laptop, in between answering emails, queries, and interviews from his caseworker. Rogelio was writing a play entitled Miss Philippines. No, it is not about statuesque beauties whose feet barely touched the earth. It is about real women, lesbian,…
Clad in the University of the Philippines’ (UP) signature sablay and barong, sporting dyed silver hair and makeup, UP Diliman cum laude graduate Rene Principe declared that “contrary to popular belief, dyeing your hair is not a hindrance to success, but poverty is.” Principe, who finished his Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics, narrated his…
Opposition and resistance have overwhelmed the Philippine political landscape amidst the Covid19 pandemic, when the ‘anti-terror bill’ became a law. Now, the broad people’s resistance has become a test if the regime can continue to intimidate the people with the law and the virus. In the end, the anti-terror law and the tyrannical regime that…
By Anna Holligan BBC News, The Hague, 13 July 2020 Bronze statues of colonial icons have been spray-painted. Black Lives Matter protests have broken out. And now the Dutch parliament has backed a petition by three teenage women requesting the addition of racism to the school curriculum. Winds of change are swirling around the cobblestones…
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Climate activists, including Greta Thunberg, internationally renowned environmental activist, supports the call to #JunkTerrorLaw. The Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020 in the Philippines which was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte last July 4, 2020 has been subjected to a lot of criticisms and concerns from different sectors, and youth climate activists around the world are now…
DFA Undersecretary Sarah Arriola’s pronouncements on Wednesday presented to us a fuller picture of the Duterte regime’s priorities. Arriola’s own mouth condemns her for spending more time on social media to do intelligence work for the tyrannical Duterte regime instead of urgently delivering the amelioration demanded by our starving OFWs. Leveling up as an attack…