The six allegedly members of the New People’s Army known as Mabinay 6 pleaded “not guilty” to criminal charges filed against them.
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RODRIGO R. Duterte’s presidency has altered and controlled the public discourse so radically in its favor in ways rude and bold. One tragic result: it has restricted and narrowed the celebrated freedom of the Philippine press and the people’s cherished right to know.
Three major labor federations march alongside each other in the streets here on May 1 to denounce President Rodrigo Duterte’s failure to fulfill his campaign promise to stop any form of labor-only contracting in the country.
As thousands of labor groups troop to the streets during the Labor Day protest on Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the executive order (EO) prohibiting illegal contracting, or subcontracting, and strengthening workers’ rights to security of tenure in the country.
“When the Church stands up for the poor, its people become targets.” This was how human rights group Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay lamented the killing of Catholic priest Fr. Mark Ventura in Cagayan last Sunday, April 29.
The Philippine government’s total deployment ban of workers to Kuwait would stay unless a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on the treatment of Filipino workers in Kuwait is signed.
The Social Weather Station reports a 10-point decline in the net trust rating of President Rodrigo Duterte for the first quarter of 2018.
The House of Representatives Makabayan opposition bloc has filed a resolution which seeks to condemn and probe the detention and torture of Filipino Moro activist Jerome Succor Aba by the United States Homeland Security and Customs Border and Protection last week.
As lawyers, we are duty bound, under oath, to be dispensers of justice and as Filipinos, we are morally and historically bound to struggle and protect our freedom and dignity as a people and as a nation.
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has revoked the missionary visa of Australian nun Patricia Fox and ordered her expulsion from the country within 30 days due to her alleged “involvement in partisan politics.”
