About a thousand displaced residents of Marawi City were prevented from visiting the so-called ground zero Friday by combined elements of the city police and 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army. Wanting to hold a M’balingan (Meranaw for “coming home”) and Jumaat (Friday Congretional Prayer), the residents wanted to march from the city center…
“Amid the false and malicious accusations hurled against organizations like Karapatan, we have been openly addressing these issues as we ask for dialogues with the European Union and other governments to directly talk to us. We are confident that these red-tagging schemes, taken to the international arena by a government who wishes to discredit us,…
Jun 28, 2021 Jairo Bolledo MANILA, Philippines Stricter gun control ‘would be a better solution,’ says former police chief Senator Panfilo Lacson Senator Panfilo Lacson, a former police chief, criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest proposal to arm civilians, even as the Philippine National Police (PNP) said their commander in chief’s idea aims “purely” to protect…
It was not the first time I heard about her story, but hearing it from her was inspiring.
[UPDATED] The Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested a badly-injured New People’s Army (NPA) leader from the intensive care unit (ICU) of a local hospital despite protests from paralegals and human rights workers. In an urgent alert, human rights groups Karapatan-Southern Mindanao Region and the Exodus for Justice and Peace said a combined force of PNP…
Authorities here may ask the airline companies to explain the unusual high fare airline companies are charging on the Manila-Davao route compared to routes with longer travel time.