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.
Various human rights groups scored the government for the death of a political prisoner who suffered a cardiac arrest.
An elderly political prisoner died Monday afternoon after his third cardiac arrest since Friday, Nov. 25.
A still unverified overseas Filipino worker from Compostela Valley province could be facing criminal charges for abandoning her 3-month old son at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Friday, Nov. 25.
Hundreds of Dabawenyos occupied the Freedom Park here Friday to express their dismay for allowing former President Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Heroes’ Cemetery.
Militant youth group League of Filipino Students condemned what they call the continued state fascism under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Various sectors are set to hold protest actions here Friday to express indignation over the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani last week.
The proposed policy of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration that would prohibit mothers to leave their young children to designated guardians while working abroad has drawn mixed reaction.
Keep the flame burning and fight against impunity and journalist killings. This was the rallying call of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines Davao City Chapter as the group commemorated Wednesday the seventh year of the Ampatuan Massacre.
Activists who led a protest rally at the US Embassy on Oct. 19 decried Wednesday the charges filed against them by the Philippine National Police, saying it was meant to sway public opinion from the real issue.
