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Marites Asis, mother of 23-year-old Reina Mae Nasino also asked the SC to release her daughter who recently gave birth last July 1. (Photo courtesy of Kapatid) “Yet we are still waiting for the Court to deliver what the Chief Justice vowed. One of the petitioners has already given birth and like what we’ve feared,…

The Makabayan Coalition at the Supreme Court for the filing of petition against Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. (Photo from the Koalisyong Makabayan Facebook page) “Given the vast and greater powers bestowed under the law, it will have a wide-ranging effects of violating existing constitutionally-guaranteed rights of our people, thus, the issuance of a ?shield against injustice,…

Civil society organizations in the Philippines urged international community to monitor human rights situation in the country. They appealed to the member-States of the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt and endorse High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s report, including recommendations for continuous monitoring and independent and impartial investigation of the human rights…

(BULATLAT FILE PHOTO) By GEELA GARCIA Despite these loans, government was only able to spend P98.3 billion for 17.5 million households as of June 27. According to independent think-tank Ibon Foundation, the subsidy amounts to just P53 per family or P12 per person per day for the past 106 days since the COVID-19 lockdown started….

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A protester uses her face mask to express her sentiments. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan / Bulatlat) “The Anti-Terror Act of 2020 tramples on our basic human rights and it is unconstitutional. It does not provide us safeguards and protection from terrorism. If anything, it is the very tool that creates all-out terror among the people.”…