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“More than 3,500 people have died na hindi po natin na-test, hindi po natin alam kung COVID or positive (whom we did not test, we do not know if they had COVID),” said National Task Force COVID-19 (NTF) Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez, Jr at the opening of the San Miguel Corporation (SMC) COVID-19 testing center…

Noong Hulyo 4, hinuli ang 11 aktibista sa Cabuyao, Laguna bandang alas-5 ng hapon matapos maglunsad ng protesta sa tapat ng Barangay Hall ng Pulo, Cabuyao sa Laguna bilang pagtutol sa pagpirma ni Pangulong Duterte sa Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 noong Hulyo 3 sa kabila ng malawak at maingay na pagtutol ng taumbayan dito. Ang…

Digo Acuzar, a design freelancer and founder and creator of travel and health and wellness website Just Go Pilipinas, visually interpreted icons connected to the Republic of the Philippines–the emblem, the flag and its elements–and the abstract values the Filipinos have long fought for and cherished–freedom, free speech, bravery–in light of the lockdown and COVID-19…

President Rodrigo Duterte’s televised speech from Zamboanga City was aired just minutes after the public found out the much-protested anti-terrorism law has been signed. He made no mention of the anti-terrorism law, but in his speech repeatedly implored for calm between military and police following the Jolo shooting incident where four soldiers were killed by…

At 6pm on July 3, news broke on the ‘terror bill’ being signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte and almost instantly, #JunkTerrorLaw and #OUSTDUTERTENOW became trending topics. Republic Act No 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 came to be despite massive opposition from all quarters of Philippine society since it was being railroaded…

The anti-terrorism bill is now Republic Act No 11479, after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the controversial and much-protested bill into law. Various sectors – lawyers, church, teachers, journalists, marginalized groups, business, actors and artists, and former Supreme Court justices among others – protested the bill that was railroaded before Congress adjourned early June. The Anti-Terrorism…

On the night of July 2, a day after she gave birth, Reina Mae ‘Ina” Nasino was brought back to the Manila City Jail (MCJ) with her newborn baby. Nasino gave birth to a baby girl at the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila on July 1. Lawyers and kin were not informed that…