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Groups award rights defenders at Araw ng Kagitingan

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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 […]

City councilor, lawyer, activists included in Negros town police’s poster of Reds

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BACOLOD CITY — A councilor of the northern Negros Occidental city of Escalante, a lawyer who has longed worked with peasant and human rights groups, and a number of current and former leaders of activist groups were among more than 60 supposed communist rebels whose faces were printed on a police poster. The National Federation […]

Immigration agents arrest Australian missionary, threaten her with deportation

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Australian missionary and land reform advocate Sr. Patricia Fox was detained by the Bureau of immigration on Monday afternoon, April 16, a peasant group reported.

Karapatan slams illegal arrest and detention of Australian missionary

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Karapatan decries the illegal arrest and detention of Sr. Patricia “Pat” Fox, NDS, a missionary of the international Roman Catholic congregation of women Sisters of Our Lady of Sion, from the Congregacion de Notre Dame de Sion (Congregation of Our Lady of Sion). 

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Dureza respects Mayor Sara’s statement, but will pursue talks as President Duterte ordered

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Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza said he respects the statement of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio calling on her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, not to pursue talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), after he announced that he is willing to give it another try.

CHO declares shortage of anti-rabies vaccine

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The City Health Office (CHO) here confirmed that there is a shortage of anti-rabies vaccine for humans.