Rights group assails ‘trumped up charge’ against chairperson and reg’l officer
“Both were likewise denied of their right to due process as they did not receive copies of subpoenas to participate in the preliminary investigation on the case. Clearly, these charges are pure hogwash and judicial harassment targeting human rights workers,” Palabay said.
‘Palitan na! Sana all!’
“Binigyan ng budget sa inutang na bilyong pera, binigyan ng Bayanihan Law, binigyan ng emergency powers. (Pero) kulelat sa bakuna, tumaas pa ang kaso ng VEERUS. Binigay na all, pero palpak sila all. PALITAN NA! SANA ALL!”
Sa ngalan ng iyong duguang baro
“Kung ang kay Hesus ay katubusan / Oremus din ang iyong panawagan / “Sahod, trabaho at karapatan / Ipaglalaban, hanggang kamatayan!””
Habang sila ay nagsasalo-salo
“May salo-salo sa gusali ng pangulo / may litson may birthday candle pang ibino-blow… / habang sa kabiserang banda ng bansang Pilipino / nagkukumahog sa pangamba ang mga tao…”
‘Hindi ECQ ang solusyon sa pagdami ng COVID cases’
“Hindi ECQ ang solusyon sa pagdami ng COVID cases sa ngayon kundi [ang] paghigpit sa preventive measures. Palitan na ang mga bumubuo ng IATF at ilagay ang mga health expert at mga scientist para magkaroon ng scientific at comprehensive na plano para masugpo itong COVID-19 na ito. Solusyong medikal, hindi militar!”
Art festival amid a pandemic? Baguio creatives disagree over how to spend city financial support
The pandemic cost Baguio’s tourism industry an estimated P7 billion in revenues last year, based on earlier projections of over 1.5 million tourist arrivals. A tourist usually spends about P2,500 for a half-day stay in the city.
Groups: ‘New ECQ is display of gov’t’s incompetence’
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) recommendation to President Rodrigo Duterte for another round of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is a display of “never-ending cycle of incompetence.”
Judge orders police to stop red-tagging activities
In an order issued Wednesday, March 24, Judge Emmanuel Cacho Rasing of the city’s RTC Branch 3 refrained the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the Cordilleras from further red-tagging and directed it to take down all its existing social media posts red-tagging activists.
Groups welcome Senate bill criminalizing red-tagging
“This is a very welcome development in the people’s fight against State-sponsored red-tagging and human rights violations. We are hoping for the approval of this measure. Farmers will lobby for the passage of this bill,” KMP chairperson Danilo Ramos said.
Laborer rebuffs PNP’s order to spy on KMU; reveals assassination plot vs NDFP consultants
“We have you under surveillance for a long time. You should be grateful it is us who are talking to you because we have one unit tasked to abduct all of you,” the alleged police officers allegedly told ‘James’.