On International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Day today and while the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government is hosting a regional IHL conference, ANG BAYAN published a special report detailing war crimes committed by State forces it said belies claims made by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that his administration abides by the rules of war.
“The BuCor has repeatedly violated the basic human rights of persons deprived of liberty, particularly political prisoners who are already marginalized within the penal system,” Tinio stated.
The government’s steadiest voice during the corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic had been quietly removed from office and health workers are left wondering why.
A cyborg operation—part-human, part-machine—made up of hyper-partisan influencers, trolls, and true believers is mounting a long-running political influence campaign to defend Sara Duterte and her father and consolidate support ahead of the 2028 elections.
The Court dismissed allegations of her participation in a supposed January 15, 2007 planning of the ambush as prosecution witnesses themselves denied either knowing the accused or having supplied her name as one of the perpetrators of the crime.
“When their vehicle was returned an hour later, the arresting team had already planted a .45-caliber pistol, a rifle, a hand grenade, an improvised explosive and ammunition inside it,” a human rights report said of the five’s arrest.
Ortega’s exposes on the irregularities supposedly led to his assassination in January 2011, alleged to have been masterminded by Reyes.
KMP said that with farmgate palay prices dropping to as low as Php8 per kilo, piecemeal adjustments such as the DA proposals are not real solutions.
After Marcos boasted at his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) last week that no active NPA guerilla front remains in the country, CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said AFP battalions are in fact conducting simultaneous counterinsurgency operations in several provinces.
Now, a long-dormant and suspicious case has suddenly been revived, accusing her of a double murder committed six years ago. The initial evidence we have reviewed paints a scenario just as far-fetched as the case she is currently facing.
