On July 23, 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 2 mandating public access to information held by the agencies and offices of the executive branch. The nongovernmental organizations that had been campaigning for a freedom of information (FOI) act for decades welcomed it with cautious optimism. The Executive Order (EO) encouraged the legislature…
Inilunsad ng Karapatan ang ika-lima nitong Pambansang Kongreso noong Agosto 19-21, 2018 sa Rancho Luisito, Rodriguez sa Rizal. Dumalo sa pagtitipon ang mga kinatawan ng Karapatan mula sa iba’t-ibang rehiyon at lider ng mga progresibong grupo. Bitbit ang temang “ Labanan ang pasistang atake sa mamamayan”, naging tampok sa kongreso ang pagtalakay sa limang taon…
BAN AERIAL SPRAY. Wilfredo Mosqueda of Mamamayan Ayaw sa Aerial Spraying (MAAS) and Atty. Mark Peñalver of Interface Development Interventions (IDIS) urge to ban aerial spraying in the Philippines, Thursday, February 8. (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com) DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Environmental groups here renewed their call to ban the use of aerial spraying…
As the rules for pardon and executive clemency were reissued and relaxed in a bid to decongest jails in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, human rights group Karapatan reiterated that political prisoners, especially the elderly and the sick who are most at risk of contracting the deadly and fast-spreading virus should not be excluded….
Paano kung malapit ka nang manganak pero stranded ka pa rin sa quarantine facility? Isang buwan nang naghihintay ang mga buntis na OFW para sa resulta ng kanilang #COVID19 tests at quarantine certificate. Pakinggan ang kanilang hinaing. The post Buntis na OFWs, stranded sa quarantine facilities ng OWWA appeared first on AlterMidya.
Not even child rights advocates have been saying that children are incapable of committing crimes. Neither has anyone said that children are angels. But in reaction to Senator Risa Hontiveros’ opposition to the bill lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 12, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte made it seem as if those two assumptions…