By Rez Eleazar Santiag/Bulatlat A community in Manila had to bear with no electricity amid lockdown. Photo by REZ ELEAZAR SANTIAGO The post Brownout appeared first on Bulatlat.
The Guardian, Daniel Boffey in Brussels, 27 Nov 2020 Provisionally approved act will allow EU to freeze assets and impose travel bans The EU will take on powers to freeze assets and impose travel bans on individuals involved in human rights abuses from next month, after the bloc’s member states provisionally approved a European Magnitsky…
“Labanan ang pasistang atake sa mamamayan. Ito ang malaking laban na dapat nating harapin.”—Atty. Nero Colmenares, chairperson, National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, at the 5th National Congress of the Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights
“Amid several national issues gripping the news, the Duterte regime has continued its atrocities in the countryside, again conveniently sweeping violations in their false grand narrative of ‘they are all NPAs.’ Last week, the military killed a minor and even tagged the victim as an NPA child soldier. Though humiliated by the parent’s outright rebuttal…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. (Video grabbed from UN livestream) “It is not enough to argue that the Government’s heavy-handed policies remain popular in the country. Because victims tend to be from lower socio-economic classes and relatively disempowered communities, there is an even stronger imperative to ensure their protection. We must not…
By: Krixia Subingsubing, Marlon Ramos – @inquirerdotnet, Philippine Daily Inquirer /June 29, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — The “gods of Padre Faura” have cleared the way for Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s inauguration as the 17th president of the Philippines. Voting 13-0 with two abstentions, the Supreme Court threw out the legal challenges to Marcos Jr.’s presidential candidacy,…