October 7, 2021/ Report and photo by Rex Culao GENEVA, Switzerland—Filipinos in Europe held a rally at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in this city to press for an international investigation into harassments against human rights defenders and critics of the Rodrigo Duterte government in the Philippines. Geneva Forum as well as Europe-based chapters of…
September 22, 2021 By Veronica Silva CusiThe Philippine Reporter Filipinos in Toronto on September 19 commemorated the 49th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines with a protest vigil calling for the end of rule of President Rodrigo Duterte, who they likened to the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos. “Never again, never…
Kyoko Hasegawa (Agence France-Presse) – August 9, 2021 TOKYO, Japan — The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Monday commemorated the 76th anniversary of its destruction by a US atomic bomb, with the mayor calling for the global community to build on a new nuclear ban treaty. Nagasaki was flattened in an atomic inferno that killed…
Jan 13, 2021, Angelica Lim In 1981, Filipino-American union leaders Gene Viernes and Silme Domingo were gunned down in Seattle by state agents of the Philippine government under then-president Ferdinand Marcos. Viernes and Domingo were staunch critics of the Marcos dictatorship and organized solidarity relations between longshoremen in Seattle, Washington and the trade union movement…
By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN, Published Nov 19, 2020 (CNN) — Thailand’s parliament on Wednesday voted to move forward with two proposals on amending the constitution but stopped short of backing a motion that included monarchical reform, amid intensifying protests against the country’s military-backed government. A youth-led movement has held regular demonstrations for the…
By: Ador Vincent Mayol – Senior Reporter, Inquirer Visayas/October 21, 2020 CEBU CITY –– Pope Francis has appointed a 36-year-old priest from Cebu City as a papal chaplain and member of his household at the Vatican. As “Chaplain to His Holiness,” Fr. Jan Thomas Limchua, a young church diplomat, will carry the title “monsignor.” Although…
Bangkok Post, 18 Oct 2020 A K-pop superstar, beauty queens and TV personalities are among a growing wave of celebrities backing Thailand’s pro-democracy movement, sending out messages of support to millions of followers on social media. Political statements are unusual from Thai celebs, whose lucrative endorsements rely on the billionaire clans that are a pillar…
Oct 18, 2020, Agence France-Presse BANGKOK, Thailand (UPDATED) Across the Chao Phraya river, nearly a thousand rallied in the western Wongwian Yai district chanting ‘Long live the people, down with dictatorship!’ Thousands of Thai pro-democracy protesters massed in multiple locations across Bangkok Saturday, October 17, defying an emergency decree banning gatherings for the third consecutive…