Human Rights

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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Arroyo May Face International Sanctions Due to Continuing Political Killings

MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan warned that the Arroyo government may face international sanctions in the face of its inability to decisively stop to the extrajudicial killings in the country. The warning came in the wake of the recently concluded United States Congressional hearings on the killings in the Philippines.

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