Overseas group questions OPAPP’s agenda to have OFWs as peace ambassadors
Overseas Filipino workers are among the sectors who have been longing for just and lasting peace for their country.
Overseas Filipino workers are among the sectors who have been longing for just and lasting peace for their country.
By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter/INQUIRER.net / 08:00 AM December 08, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A global rights watchdog has given the Philippines a lower grade in terms of how free its civic spaces are, noting that attacks against activists and the media meant that free speech and peaceful assembly have transitioned from “obstructed” to…
“This is a trademark of repression,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay on the release of a warrant of arrest for former Bayan Muna representatives Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casiño, former Gabriela partylist representative and National Anti-Poverty Commission Secretary Liza Maza, and former Anakpawis representative and former DAR Secretary Rafael Mariano. (Photo: Lawyers, allies,…
Alex Arias, center, with yellow shirt and red print. (Photo courtesy of Public Interest Law Center) “Those who have wrongly accused him and detained him must be held accountable for the death of Alex Arias.” By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Tributes for political prisoner Alexander Arias have poured, following his death in…
Persons not wearing or taking off face masks in public places in Davao City will be meted fines and one-month imprisonment on the third offense, as stipulated in a new city ordinance.
Ibinahagi niya na bukod sa pagiging kontraktwal, masahol ang kanilang kalagayan sa pagawaan. Walang safety procedure at napakainit ng sabon na kanilang niluluto.
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) first Vice Chairman and Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) chair Ghazali Jaafar passed away at the age of 75 at dawn on Wednesday, March 13.