Lucille Sodipe – Agence France-Presse September 20, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — American lawyer Thomas Jones still remembers the scars of Philippine torture victims he interviewed for Amnesty International inside the country’s detention centers in 1975 during the rule of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. But Marcos, who presided over widespread abuses and corruption during his 20…
Sep 2, 2022, Michelle Abad President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to make his state visit to Indonesia from September 4 to 6 MANILA, Philippines – Ahead of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s state visit to Indonesia, the parents of long-detained overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso appealed to the chief executive to negotiate with Indonesian…
Sep 2, 2022, Jairo Bolledo Sancho, who co-founded the women’s rights group Gabriela, died on September 1, the family confirms to Rappler MANILA, Philippines – Beauty queens are highly regarded in this country obsessed with three “Bs”: basketball, boxing, and beauty pageants. They enjoy influence across the fashion and entertainment worlds, while some even thrive in…
Aug 13, 2022, Jojo Dass An enterprising group of overseas Filipino workers in Dubai brings bibingka’s mouth-watering scent to the city DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – With the onset of the “ber” months, that aromatic whiff of rice cake – bibingka – on banana leaf being baked atop a clay oven filled with glowing charcoals…
Aug 26, 2022, Inday Espina-Varona Despite the extreme abuse undergone by Adora Faye De Vera, interviewers always describe her as calm and steadfast Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chief Prospero De Vera III’s brief statement on the arrest of his older sister, Adora Faye, was silent on her torture and rape under the Marcos dictatorship….
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…
Aug 15, 2022 1:16 PM PHT Jairo Bolledo Kian’s remains will be reexamined by forensic expert Raquel Fortun to determine how he was killed MANILA, Philippines – Randy delos Santos has witnessed drug war victims being exhumed from their resting place. This is not new for him because he is part of St. Arnold Janssen…
By: Kurt Dela Peña – Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net /August 15, 2022 MANILA, Philippines—When the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) was still a bill, the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) said there’s a danger with how the government can construe legitimate dissent within the “overbroad” definition of terrorism. The NUPL had said: “The bill…