“Curiously, some contracts obtained by Alfrego amounted to Php181.5 million, Php140 million27, Php132.5 million, and Php108 million, all of which were awarded in 2017 to 2018 when Duterte was President and herein Respondent Bong Go was Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte as Special Assistant to the President and Head of the Presidential Management Staff,” the complaint reads.
“It is clear that the lack of control of the military and over-reach of its anti-communist agenda is having tragic consequences for people trying to peacefully defend their right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment,” the report reads.
Tatay Gerry’s journey to freedom was very difficult because of systematic challenges and bureaucratic delays. Being more than 80 years old and sickly, Tatay Gerry is over qualified to avail of humanitarian basis for release,” Kapatid said.
“Now we face serious allegations of defamation. These challenges highlight the threats to our freedom of expression as defenders, amidst numerous other attacks (against defenders and activists) under the Marcos administration,” Castro told UN.
“Sen. Leila is victim of unjust arrest and detention, and we support her efforts to pursue justice against those who perpetrated these acts of reprisal and judicial harassment against her because of her vocal opposition to the extrajudicial killings in Duterte’s drug war,” Karapatan said.
The revolutionary group said recent hostilities at the Ayungin Shoal are clearly the result of provocations jointly carried out by the US government and the Marcos regime that China responds with “increasingly aggressive and antagonistic reaction.”
“In terms of scale, [Tuesday’s] legal victory is just a footnote in a bloody chapter that has yet to end as bodies continue to pile up until today,” NUPL-NCR said.
“VP Sara Duterte’s resignation from the Cabinet as education secretary and as NTF-ELCAC vice chair marks an open break with the Marcos administration and signals an intensification of the factional strife in the current regime,” Bagong Alyansang Makabayan president Renato Reyes Jr. said,
“How absolutely diabolical is US imperialism to engage in such activities at the height of a global health crisis, targeting Filipinos when they were most vulnerable,” P1NAS spokesperson Antonio Tinio said.
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers received an international award for contributions to the campaign for the right to a fair trial given by colleagues representing 100 legal organizations across the world.
