Checkpoints, rains fail to stop ‘Grand Mañanita’ vs Duterte’s anti-terror bill
Organized primarily by the group Movement Against Tyranny, the event may very well be the most creative protest action this year.
Ang Hunyo 12 at Tunay na Kalayaan
Mahalaga ang pagkakaroroon ng tunay na kalayaan. Sapat na ang mahigit 300 taong pang-aalipin at pananakop ng mga dayuhan at dekada-dekada ng pang-aapi’t pagpapapabaya ng pamahalaan sa taumbayan. Ngayon, higit kailanman, ang panahon upang ipaglaban—at kamtin—ang tunay na kalayaan.
International lawyers groups call on Duterte to veto anti-terrorism bill
“We, the undersigned lawyers and legal organizations from around the world, write to express our deepest concern and consternation about the Anti-Terrorism Bill, also known as House Bill 6875 and Senate Bill 1093, which was apparently passed by a virtual vote in Congress and now transmitted to President Duterte to sign into law,” the groups said in the letter, dated June 11.
These officials flouted lockdown rules in Myanmar, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Sinas insisted that there was no birthday party but only a ‘Mañanita’ — a police tradition that features an early morning serenade for the chief. But the public backlash forced him to issue an apology.
Ely Buendia: #ArtistsFightBack, #JunkTerrorBillNow
“We, the free artists of the nation, strongly condemn the swift and reckless passing of the Anti- Terrorism Bill. We are this nation’s storytellers. We are watching and we will act. #ArtistsFightBack #JunkTerrorBillNow”
Lawyers group says peaceful protests during quarantine legal
Reacting to a Philippine National Police (PNP) warning that protesters may be arrested if they join planned Philippine Independence Day protests Friday, June 12, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) said the anti-coronavirus law does not authorize the arrest of citizens exercising their freedom of expression.
The Anti-Terrorism Bill is prone to abuse
“The vagueness of the definition of the crime of terrorism in this bill is prone to abuse. Some provisions of the bill will prevent us artists from performing our roles as mirrors of society, as truth tellers, as thought
provokers. Our art is a powerful
tool to provoke reflection and
action. Tutol kami sa
Anti-Terrorism Bill.”
Government employees oppose ‘mass layoff circular’ amid pandemic
COURAGE national president Santiago Dasmariñas Jr. said as many as 600,000 government employees all over the country, especially job-order and contractual employees, are worried.
Duterte administration’s recovery plans help the rich more than the poor
The finance department’s Philippine Program for Recovery with Equity and Solidarity (PH-PROGRESO) and stimulus bills in Congress give considerable support to businesses while millions of affected families get token support at best.
Video shows unidentified man intimidating household of Cebu engineer arrested for joining #JunkTerrorBill rally
“He was just arrested now, but next time, he might be exchanging fire with government troops, and that’s when you’ll say it’s too late, when he’s already in a coffin,” the man can be heard saying in Cebuano in the video obtained by FYT.