Shiela Crisostomo – The Philippine Star, June 6, 2024 MANILA, Philippines — A total of 20,322 people were killed during Duterte’s war on drugs from July 1, 2016 to Nov. 27, 2017, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said during yesterday’s hearing of the House committee on human rights on the alleged extrajudicial killings (EJK) during…
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Members of Piston who have been arrested and detained while holding a protest, June 2. (Photo courtesy of Piston) They had no income for two months and received no aid from government. When they held a protest demanding government to allow them to earn a living, they were arrested and detained. By AARON MACARAEG Bulatlat.com…
Many Filipinos may be open to amend the 1987 Philippine Constitution sometime in the future, but majority expressed their opposition if such charter change is effected now.
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. is pushing back hard against online bashers he believes are “Duterte-Marcos trolls,” adding he has already consulted lawyers for appropriate legal action. “I decry the orchestrated online slander campaign instigated by Duterte-Marcos trolls against me and the broad United People’s SONA,” Reyes told Kodao. Reyes cited…
Anakpawis party-list Representative Ariel Casilao urged the people to oppose the proposal of House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez to move the 2019 elections to 2022 to give way to the on-going charter change for a federal government.