Media organizations welcomed a proposed bill that calls on law enforcers not to compel journalists to take part in anti-illegal drug operations or to appear as witnesses in drug-related court cases.
The sprout of community pantries has become an indicator of poor government action even in communities located in the economic middle. It also has exposed the reality of the ‘’phenomenon of hunger and poverty’’ when people queue to avail themselves of free food.
Human rights group KARAPATAN urged a Davao City court to conduct a reinvestigation and recall the arrest warrants on their national chairperson Elisa Lubi and Southern Mindanao Region Secretary General Jay Apiag on charges of attempted murder.
The United Church of Christ of the Philippines Southeast Mindanao Haran Center, which houses the displaced Lumad families from Talaingod and Kapalong, is dismayed by the freezing of its bank deposit by the Anti-Money Laundering Council.
The human rights watchdog Karapatan condemned the arrest of its worker Renalyn Tejero by the police here on Sunday, March 21.