By: Eunice Barbara C. Novio INQUIRER.net /August 04, 2020 In his London flat, Rogelio Braga was busy typing on his laptop, in between answering emails, queries, and interviews from his caseworker. Rogelio was writing a play entitled Miss Philippines. No, it is not about statuesque beauties whose feet barely touched the earth. It is about real women, lesbian,…
Published February 7, 2018, 10:00 PM By Zaldy Comanda Baguio City – The country’s summer capital up North will showcase its rich culture and creativity through the Baguio Creative Hub, a project of the Baguio Creative Council to celebrate culture and creativity and dubbed as “best-of-the-best” folk arts and crafts products of the city in…
A day after his release from nearly a year of imprisonment, National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace consultant Rafael Baylosis attended an event for his fellow peace advocate Rey Claro Casambre at the University of the Philippines in Diliman last January 18. Baylosis thanked his lawyers from the Public Interest Law Center, human rights…
By Angel Tesorero in Dubai / Raymund B. Villanueva in Manila Dubai, UAE – A total of 152 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were given an exit pass in the first three working days (August 1, 2 and 5) of the 90-day immigration amnesty program, Philippine consul-general to Dubai Paul Raymund Cortes said Tuesday. An estimated…
Members of the progressive groups dubbed as Iligan 14 inside Iligan City Police Office Station 5. (Photo courtesy of Kabataan Partylist-NMR) The students were subjected to abuse and intimidation, with one student choked by an officer in plainclothes while he was trying to explain. One student was also labelled as a “recruiter for the New…
A human rights group condemned the alleged ongoing assault, particularly by government, on the members of the press in the Philippines, in time for the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, May 3.