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(UPDATED) On its 32nd anniversary: NUJP members attacked by Nutriasia guards, arrested July 30, 2018 As the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines marked the 32nd anniversary of our founding, a number of our members, including the deputy secretary general of our Nueva Ecija chapter, were attacked, threatened and arrested as they covered the…
Mayen Jaymalin – The Philippine Star, April 20, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Five people were wounded when the team of Partido ng Lakas ng Masa (PLM) presidential candidate Leody de Guzman was attacked by armed men in Quezon, Bukidnon yesterday. De Guzman was in Quezon town to support leaders and members of the Manobo-Pulangiyon, who were allegedly…
“[T]he NDRRMC just recorded a total of 18 deaths. Of the reported 18 deaths, five missing person cases, 243 wounded, from the 3,632 affected families or about 7,410 individuals…few or even none of it includes the indigenous people and their communities,” the CLAA in its press statement said.
On April 20, 2018, various organizations, victims and their relatives assisted by Karapatan filed at least 200 complaints on human rights violations under the Duterte government at the office of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) Monitoring Committee on the Comprehensive Agreement on the Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law…
“Ngayon pa nga lang, hirap na e. Paano pa ‘pag tumaas ‘yung presyo ng bigas? Lalo na high school na ‘yung mga anak ko, may mga panahon talagang hindi maiiwasang mangutang.” – Florenda Biaga, tindera ng kanin
A year after installing themselves as rightful land owners, several members of the Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association Inc. (MARBAI) are enjoying the fruits of their collective farming efforts.