MORE SPACE, LOUDER VOICE: Voluntary quotas on women candidates for pol parties pushed
Election Commissioner Rowena Guanzon is pushing for voluntary quota of women candidates in political parties to ensure more women in government.
Duterte pardons 4 political prisoners
Four political prisoners who have been serving time for more than one to two decades will soon be freed as the presidential pardon given by President Rodrigo Duterte takes effect.
Duterte on declaring Martial Law: That’s stupidity
President Rodrigo Duterte allayed fears that he will declare Martial Law, saying it is “kalokohan” (stupidity).
Pasaka Confederation of Lumad organizations in Southern Mindanao stages a protest in front of the military Camp Panacan in Davao City , condemning militarization, human rights violation and military encampment in schools and communities on Friday morning, August 26, 2016. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com file photo)
Numerous rights abuses reported
Human rights group Karapatan said amidst the declared unilateral ceasefire by both the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, government troops are occupying health centers, barangay halls and even civilian houses in some parts of the country.
GRP: 50 to 70 prisoners to be freed before December 10
Government chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III vowed to release some 50-70 political prisoners before the international human rights day on December 10, as he extended his condolences to the family of Bernabe Ocasla, one of the 400 political prisoners who recently died of a heart attack.
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