After quarantine restrictions were lifted in parts of Mindanao, 543 students from four campuses of Mindanao State University (MSU) finally returned to their hometowns in Caraga Region Saturday.
By: Krixia Subingsubing, Nestor Corrales – Philippine Daily Inquirer / April 26, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Saying that a gag order is not enough, Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas wants Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. and Lorraine Badoy, undersecretary for communications, both spokespersons of the government’s anti-communist task force, dismissed from their posts Brosas said on…
Labor centers Kilusang Mayo Uno and Nagkaisa joined forces to hold the biggest May 1 protest action in the Philippines in several decades last Tuesday. Long rivals that traditionally held separate Labor Day protest actions, KMU and Nagkaisa said as many as 50,000 workers marched to Mendiola Bridge in Manila in a show of force…
MANILA — Several media organizations, artists, digital rights advocates and human rights defenders have organized activities to mark the #WorldPressFreedomDay tomorrow, May 3. With the call #FightBack, journalists, artists and advocates will highlight the defense of press freedom and free expression amid all forms of repression. Here’s the list of the activities: 9 a.m. –…
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Coca-Cola workers decry the harassment against their union. (Photo courtesy of Defend Coca-Cola workers) “In the five years that the union has existed, it has succeeded in the struggle for regularization when the workers went on strike in 2017, sorted out the union fund after the previous leadership left nothing, conducted multiple series of educational…
Women human rights defenders Nanette Castillo and Jimmylisa Badayos expressed support for human rights defenders of Karapatan and other rights groups, and called for an end to the attacks against human rights organizations. Castillo lost her son to Duterte’s drug war campaign and has since worked alongside Rise Up for Life and Rights, an organization…