Progressive groups and leaders paid tribute to United Church of Christ in the Philippines Bishop Elmer Bolocon who died from a lingering illness last week. In their eulogies, activists recalled how the late prelate opened his church to the poor of Tondo District. They also recalled how Bishop Bolocon worked hard for peace even in […]
Human rights, church and activist groups announced a massive rally against extrajudicial killings under the Rodrigo Duterte government on June 12. In a press conference last May 19, the groups belied the Duterte government’s assertions before the United Nations Universal Period Review on the human rights situation in Geneva, Switzerland earlier this month the killings […]
National Democratic Front of the Philippines chief negotiator Fidel Agcaoili explains their Agreement on the Joint Ceasefire Agreement. In an interview in Noordwijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands last April 6, 2017 during the fourth round of formal negotiations, Agcaoili explains a joint ceasefire is yet to be agreed upon pending the approval of ground rules […]
Campaign and advocacy group Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP) launched a book on the festering injustices on land grabbing in the Philippines in a ceremony in Quezon City last May 17. PNFSP said the book “Land Grabbing Cases in the Philippines: Greed, Hunger & Resistance” is the first ever book that documented such […]
Department of Social Work and Development (DSWD) secretary Judy Taguiwalo’s confirmation hearing with the Commission on Appointments (CA) at the Senate this afternoon has been postponed according to her Facebook social media account. Speaking to dozens of disappointed supporters who trooped to Pasay City, Taguiwalo said she was informed by the CA that the hearing […]
Farmer-beneficiaries held a solidarity event last May 12 on the last night of their camp out on Mendiola Bridge in Manila that started on International Labor Day. The farmers said their protest action was successful as evidenced by the unprecedented dialogue with President Rodrigo Duterte who assured them they will be installed in their farms […]
UPDATED: 3:30 PM THE National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) announced that the “top New People’s Army Commander” arrested Thursday night in Ozamiz City along with an Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) bishop is a consultant in its peace negotiations with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP). In a statement, NDFP’s chief […]
THE Philippine government received a failing grade at the recently-concluded United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in the Philippines in Geneva, Switzerland, contrary to claims of success by its delegation head, local rights workers said. “Despite attempts by the Philippine delegation to justify the Duterte administration’s war on drugs and to present a positive […]