Meranaw women observe their 3pm As’r prayers on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, as they remain vigilant in defending their homes against a demolition threat in Barangay 26-C Salmonan in Davao City. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
The Philippine government must have thought her subversive and wanted her punished. Last April 16, Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents arrested and detained Sr Patricia Fox of the congregation Notre Dame de Sion. The arrest may have stemmed from her recent participation in a human rights fact-finding mission in Mindanao that so-rankled the military. Australian…
Families of missing National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant called on the military to surface Lora Manipis and New People’s Army (NPA) member Jerwel Domingo who were last seen in Kidapawan City, February this year.
Compostela Valley province is getting ready as the newest participant of the Visit Davao Summer Festival (VDSF) set on April 30 to June 15.
By Kalikasan PNE Calling the proposed charter change (cha-cha) a “war against the environment,” former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. said the constitutional amendments threaten a “catastrophic environmental crisis and grave intergenerational injustice.” In his keynote speech in a public forum on the ecological implications of cha-cha held at the Miriam College Environmental Studies Institute…
Sa pagbabalik ng ‘Itanong mo kay Prof’ pinag-usapan nina Prof. Jose Maria Sison at Prof. Sarah Raymundo ang tangkang pagtatanggal kay Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno ng administrasyong Rodrigo Duterte. Ano ang ibig sabihin ng tangkang impeachment kay Sereno? Ano ang implikayon nito sa independensiya ng hudikatura sa panahong inaakusahan ang gubyernong Duterte ng malawak…
The Coalition for Justice and Movement Against Tyranny, among other groups, led a March for Justice in Baguio City last April 10 at the start of the Supreme Court’s deliberations on the quo warranto petition against its Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno.
Civil liberty groups honored groups and individuals they said uphold human rights despite wanton violations by the Duterte regime. On the occassion of the Araw ng Kagitingan or Day of Valor honoring heroes who fought against Japanese imperialism in the Philippines, the groups said the honorees embody courage as they stand up against abuses of…