Noong Agosto 10, inaprubahan na ng Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso ang House Bill No. 6863 o ang Better Normal for the Workplace, Communities and Public Spaces Act. Kailangan na lang ang pagsang-ayon ng Senado bago tuluyang maging ganap na batas ang proposed bill na ito. Ang panukalang batas na ito’y sanhi ng pandemyang dulot ng…
“We call on all member states of the UN Human Rights Council to be seized of the seriousness of the human rights situation in the Philippines and to adopt all the recommendations in your June 30 report on the human rights situation in the Philippines,” ICHRP Chairperson Peter Murphy said in his letter to Bachelet….
Karapatan ST was approached by relatives of the said guerrillas seeking help in recovering the remains after they were informed that they were in the custody of the police in Camp Vicente Lim, Calamba, Laguna. As of August 16, the team managed to secure the release of Mario Caraig’s remains to his sister, exhume Rey…
Progressive youth groups, organizations, and human rights defenders lit candles on Tuesday evening, August 18, to condemn the killing and seek justice for the slain Bacolod-based community health workers and activist Zara Alvarez. Alvarez was gunned down on August 17, the same day of the burial of peasant leader and peace consultant Randall “Ka Randy”…
Narcisa Claveria, 85, was one of the comfort women belonging to Lila Pilipina. (Photo by A. Umil/ Bulatlat) Ginugunita ng mga rehiyon sa Asya ang ika-75 taon ng pagtatapos ng Digmaang Pasipiko. Sa mahahabang mga seremonyas, naging tampok ang mga usapin ng pagkilala sa pangangailangang balikan ang leksyon ng nakaraang digmaang pandaigdig upang hindi na…
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The social welfare department has been trying its best to window-dress the slowness and stinginess of government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) distribution by diligently updating the public on how much has been distributed to how many households. Somehow it is a relief that it has mobilized finance service providers (FSPs) for swifter distribution. Still there…
Late night of August 17, the recorded address of President Rodrigo Duterte to the Filipino people again opened with his explanation about the vaccine as the “only salvation available to humankind at this time of our life.” Not a doctor or scientist at all, he again took it upon himself how a vaccine will work…