The UP-PGH directorship: Evolving into a platform for patronage politics, privatization
The current issues in the selection for the directorship of the University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital (UP PGH) reflect the prevailing mode of thinking that ails the country’s largely hierarchical and patronage-based political system.
UN experts call out PH gov’t on ‘bogus’ charges against 27 CERNET workers
In a letter to the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government, five UN Special Rapporteurs expressed “deep concern” over Manila’s attempt to “criminalize” current and former workers of Cebu-based non-government organization Community Empowerment Resource Network Inc. (CERNET).
Bayan Muna demands payment of pension to indigent seniors
“It is unconscionable that while billions are allocated to programs with dubious benefits, our senior citizens are denied their legally mandated pension,” Colmenares said.
Mary Jane Veloso is coming home
Marcos said the Philippines is looking forward to welcoming Veloso back as he expressed gratitude to Indonesia for agreeing to transfer the human trafficking victim to her home country.
On the persecution of artists, writers
“The continued detention of Amanda Echanis represents the state’s systematic persecution of writers and cultural workers who dare speak truth to power. Her imprisonment, along with the killing of Ericson Acosta and many others,shows how the state weaponizes the legal system to silence critical voices.”
KMP slams ‘auto import’ gov’t policy on rice
Danilo Ramos, KMP Chairperson, said the Marcos administration prioritizes the profit of foreign traders and suppliers, instead of compensating and aiding farmers who lost their crops and livelihoods to the typhoons.
At a crossroads: Tribe weighs options for dam project in Ilocos Norte
Despite its promise of a better life for the farmers, the Balangon community in Barangay Dampig’s Saliclic village still grapples with the dam’s potential impact on their ancestral land, livelihood, and neighboring communities.
Enough of this Duterte clown show
With Malacanang saying it will not interfere if Duterte Sr. and his co-accused are arrested by the International Police (Interpol) acting on behalf of the ICC prosecutor, the only thing left for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the legislative panels to do is to transmit the certified transcript of stenographic notes of the proceedings and the additional evidence culled from witnesses, including the remittances of more than P2.4 billion by suspected drug kingpin Sammy Uy to the accounts of Duterte Sr,, Sara Zimmerman Duterte Carpio, Sebastian Duterte and Polong Dutertes.
Brace for a sharper fight for human rights in the Philippines under Trump
“Given the strident anti-people stance of Trump, ICHRP urges all its member organizations and the wider international community to brace for a sharper and more fast-moving campaign to uphold the basic rights of the Filipino people,” Murphy said.
On EJK of lawyers during Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’
“The persistent efforts of former Bayan Muna Rep. Atty. Neri Colmenares and NUPL Sec. Gen. Krissy Conti paid off. Due to their efforts, the QuadComm expanded its investigation to include lawyers who were extrajudicially-killed in the course of Duterte’s war on drugs.”