China should not be allowed to explore for gas without recognizing PH’s EEZ – Justice Carpio

The filing of perjury charges by National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. against Karapatan, Rural Missionaries of the Philippines and Gabriela is a vicious attack against the defense of human rights. Let’s look at what these organizations have done. Karapatan, RMP and Gabriela sought protection from the court amid the red tagging, vilification, death threats,…

MANILA – Youth groups’ protest action faced police violence after trooping to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) last May 30 to decry the “worsening state of education” in the country. Three members of the group present in the activity were grabbed by officers after defacing the gates of the commission but were released after…

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President Ivan Duque of Colombia (left) and President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines (right) have come under greater scrutiny over COVID-19 policies that leave rural peoples ever more vulnerable. Both countries have registered the highest number of land-related human rights violations during the pandemic, according to PANAP’s monitoring (Photos from New Straits Times and Business…