PISI [String of Debt and Resistance]
This documentary captures the resilience and determination of Filipino fisher folk as they grapple with both debt and the relentless fight for our rights in the West Philippine Sea.
Teacher solon: VP threatens confidential funds critics with police action
“In essence, she is saying we give her funds when she asks and she should not be questioned how these are spent,” Castro said.
Asia Pacific community broadcasters demand Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s freedom
“We are resolved to call on the Republic of the Philippines to drop all trumped-up charges against our young colleague Frenchie Mae Cumpio and immediately release her from unjust imprisonment,” AMARC-AP said.
Philippines unworthy of UN Security Council seat, rights groups say
“How can the Philippines take on the task of international peace and safety when it is much of an epic fail on the domestic front? Killings, disappearances, trumped-up charges happen day in, day out. Aggression on our seas conducted by foreign vessels is a regular occurrence,” National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) officer Kristina Conti said.
Advocates welcome report of peace talks resumption; warn of ‘fake amnesty and surrender’
“Whatever the real score is, we hope that the government will rethink its bloody all-out war strategy against the CPP/NPA/NDFP that was resumed when former President Rodrigo Duterte terminated the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations in November 2017,” the advocates said.
Anti-terror law being used for trumped-up charges in PH, Bishop tells world
“Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has not taken measures to address the continuing pattern of rights violations and repeated denial of due process,” Bishop Labuntog said.
Drug war widow brings husband’s case to UN
“The killings continue. If the ‘war on drugs’ was effective, the proliferation of illegal drugs would no longer be an issue. If the domestic investigation processes were efficient, I wouldn’t be here asking for help again,” Lee said.
Ang pato at tandang
Isang umagang kay ganda,/nagkasalubong ang dalawa,/
sa lungga ng mga buwaya,/ng kuro-kuro at komedya.
Jonila and Jhed’s case reaches UN, rights defenders announce
A group of human rights defenders said they have reported the case of the two abducted environmental activists to the United Nations (UN) at the ongoing 54th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland.
More than a tale of two bishops
In a country that is mainly Christian — with some 80 percent of the 117 million Filipinos identifying as Roman Catholic and another 10 percent as Protestant — church workers, priests, pastors, ministers and, yes, bishops, have also been red-tagged. Like many red-tagged victims, several of them have ended up dead.