(12 April 2021) Former US Attorney General William Ramsey Clark was a champion of human rights, a staunch defender of the people’s right to national and social liberation, a fierce advocate of just peace and a resolute opponent to the imperialist policies and wars of aggression of the US. Thus emphasized Prof. Jose Ma. Sison,…
By: DJ Yap – Reporter /Philippine Daily Inquirer / April 12, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Senators on Sunday pressed the cash-strapped government to scrap “unnecessary items” in the 2021 budget such as the P9.5 billion confidential and intelligence funds and the P19.1 billion anti-insurgency fund and divert the money toward additional aid for poor residents…
In Belgium, various groups trooped to the Philippine Embassy in Brussels on April 8. They demanded the Philippine government to put an end to extrajudicial killings and attacks on activists and human rights defenders in the Philippines. (Photos by Intal Philippines)
Updated Apr 11, 2021, Rappler.com Philippines’ COVID-19 deaths near 15,000 The Philippines now has 864,868 confirmed COVID-19 cases after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 11,681 new cases on Sunday, April 11. This is the 5th highest one-day tally for new cases so far. The DOH reported 201 new deaths due to the coronavirus disease,…
Apr 9, 2021, Reuters OSLO, Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg has apologized several times for organizing the event for her 60th birthday with 13 relatives at a mountain resort in late February Norwegian police said on Friday, April 9, they have fined Prime Minister Erna Solberg for breaking COVID-19 social-distancing rules when she organized a…
By Aie Balagtas See / Manila March 15, 2021, Time Magazine online Edd Gumban sleeps on a foldout bed in an office in central Manila. The 57-year-old photojournalist has a wife and a home in Bulacan, part of the commuter belt 14 miles north of the Philippine capital, but he is too afraid to go…
Apr 5, 2021 Ralf Rivas MANILA, Philippines People being left with no choice but to go out ‘could stifle efforts’ to stop the COVID-19 surge, says ING Bank Manila senior economist Nicholas Mapa Economists warned the government that meager and delayed cash aid to poor households could force people to go out and look for…
Apr 4, 2021 The Conversation Brent Landau A scholar explains the rich historical roots of Easter and how it has evolved over the centuries As published by The Conversation The date of Easter, when the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place, changes from year to year. The reason for this variation is…