14 Viet fishermen arrested Tempo Philippines arrests 14 Vietnamese sailors for illegal fishing VnExpress International Full coverage
Members of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) file a petition for writ of amparo and habeas data before the Supreme Court today, April 15. (Photo courtesy of NUPL) “The Honorable Court cannot sit idly by and allow state forces and their agents dictate how law ought to be practiced and eliminate lawyers who…
Filipino Catholics recall suffering of Jesus through self flagellation Loop Barbados Puppets help Filipino children understand story of Jesus UCA News (press release) Full coverage
As activists celebrate the 200th birth anniversary of Karl Marx, the University of the Philippines played The Internationale. The event was part of the global celebration of Marx’s theoretical contributions to the emancipation of the working class that will last an entire year. This is the first time after a long while that the Carillon…
As grave as the implications the conviction of Ressa and Santos hold not only for the media but for every Filipino who uses the Internet and social media, we fear this complaint, if the State further perverts the law, could spell doom for freedom of expression online. The post Resist the further erosion of our…
When the sun rose on March 30, policemen who had barged into their house with high-powered firearms at the dead of night told Roy (not his real name) that his father was “okay” in the hospital. These policemen, who wore masks to hide their faces, had dragged him, his sister, and his mother to a…