Human Rights

Witness in Murder Case vs. Satur a Desaparecido

She bore him for nine months in her womb. But Casimira Roluna, 78 years old, a resident of Brgy. Cabungaan, Baybay, Leyte, has not seen her son for nine months now. Her only proof of life was the news she heard over the radio last March 7, 2006 that her son, Glecerio Roluna, 48, is one of the witnesses being prepared by the military for the multiple murder case filed against Bayan Muna Party (People First) Representative Satur Ocampo, Jose Ma. Sison, and several others.

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Molotov Bomb Attack on Cagayan de Oro Radio Station, ‘Alarming Twist in Targeted Violence’

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is shocked by the latest violent attack on the media in the Philippines, which involved a Molotov bomb strike on a radio station in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

According to IFJ affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), at around 2am on March 13 a lone motorcycle rider lobbed a Molotov bomb (also known as a petrol bomb) at dxCC radio station in Cagayan de Oro City, before speeding off.

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Gabriela Calls for Full Protection of Women in Workplaces as High Court Favors Case of Fired Pregnant Woman

DAVAO CITY?Gabriela Women?s Partylist called today all institutions and offices to implement full protection for women in their workplaces after the Supreme Court recently decided in favor of the fired woman due to her pregnancy in 1995.

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