Pahayag ng Bayan Muna sa Human Security Act
Nagbigay ng pahayag si Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate hinggil sa pagdinig ng Mababang Kapulungan sa pag-amyenda ng Human Security Act of 2007.
Rights defenders tell UN of many rights violations in PH
With three oral interventions one after the other last Friday, March 6, and another last Monday, March 2, the Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (EcuVoice) strongly urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to pass another resolution in June to look into various reports of many rights violations by the Rodrigo Duterte government.
Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan 2020 para sa Sahod, Trabaho, Lupa at Karapatan
Pinangunahan ng grupong Gabriela at iba pang progresibong grupo ang paggunita sa Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihang Manggagawa sa isang kilos-protesta sa Liwasang Bonifacio at Mendiola sa Maynila noong Marso 8. Panawagan nila ngayong taon ang Sahod, Trabaho, Lupa at Karapatan na kanilang sinisingil sa gobyerno ni Pangulong Duterte. Bukod sa matinding karahasan at pasismong nararanasan […]
‘Why is the government picking fights at the UN?’ PH rights defenders ask
“But look at how the government acts so defensively at well-intentioned reports that it reacts so vociferously, violently even, to general recommendations that are not particularly directed at the Philippines. Such defensiveness often betrays guilt,” EcuVoice head Atty. Edre Olalia said.
The shady side of POGOs
With the increase of operators setting up shop in the Philippines, you would think the government is milking the POGO phenomenon by generating lots of revenue through taxes. But it turns out that this isn’t the case. Out of the Php50 billion in revenues expected from POGOs, only Php5 billion or just 10% of these revenues have been remitted to the government.
EcuVoice: PH government exporting red-tagging in Geneva
The group said that while paying lip service to UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Michel Forst’s report on the invaluable contribution of human rights defenders, the government accused rights activists in the Philippines of “[using] the cover of human rights defenders to protect, cover, or promote agendas of deceit and violence.”
Kilos protesta para ibasura ang Anti-Terror Bill
Isang piket-protesta sa harapan ng Batasang Pambansa ang pinangunahan ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) noong Marso 3 habang nagaganap ang sesyon ng Mababang Kongreso para talakayin ang mga amyenda sa Human Security Act (HSA). Ayon sa BAYAN, hindi para sa mga terorista ang layunin ng Anti-Terror Bill kundi para sa mga binabansagang ‘terorista’ ng gobyerno. […]
Pahayag ng NUPL kay PCOO Secretary Andanar
Nagbigay pahayag si Atty. Ephraim B. Cortez, Secretary General ng National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) hinggil sa pagtungo ni Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar sa 43rd Session ng United Nations Human Rights Council sa Geneva sa Switzerland.
KODAO ASKS: Ano ang maaring epekto ng Human Security Act sa karaniwang mamamayan?
Napipinto ang pagratsada sa mga probisyon sa Human Security Act of 2007 ngayong papatapos ang sesyon ng Kongreso sa susunod na linggo. Tinanong ng Kodao ang ilan sa mga aktibista kung ano ang maaring maging epekto ng Human Security Act laluna sa ordinaryong mamamayan. Bidyo ni Joseph Cuevas/ Kodao
NUJP to hold nationwide candle-lighting activities for press freedom
National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) chapters all over the Philippines will hold candle-lighting activities later today, Friday, February 28, to press for media freedom and the franchise renewal of embattled media network ABS-CBN.