Rights lawyers join calls for de Lima’s release
“These validate what we knew all along. That the legal and judicial process is being deliberately weaponized by the State and its agents for nefarious political reasons by unscrupulously constructing false narratives and peddling manufactured evidence,” the NUPL said in a statement today.
OFWs oppose new order on mandatory Pag-IBIG membership
“Our own government controls our movement. Now, the government is using the OEC to extract money from our hard-working OFWs. Is this the kind of treatment our OFWs deserved?” Migrante International asked.
BAYAN welcomes Duterte’s veto of SIM card and social media registration bill
“We welcome the veto of the SIM card registration bill even as we continue to point out state-sponsored attacks on privacy are happening even without the SIM card registration measure,” BAYAN secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. said.
Elderly NDFP peace consultant arrested in Samar
“We denounce the AFP and the Philippine National Police (PNP) for filing trumped up charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives against Ka Esteban, who is around 70 years old,” the CPP said.
Joma: ‘I am alive and healthy’
Replying to social media posts about his alleged death, Sison on Tuesday said, “I am still alive. And I am celebrating my birthday today.”
‘Ipainom mo, iinject mo sa kanila’
“Kapag masyadong marami nang [nakumpiska na pekeng medisina], ang suggestion ko doon sa NBI at CIDG, yung kalahati ng nakuha nila, ipainom [sa sellers], dahan-dahan. We are interested to know what [will] happen to the idiots, if they are given the drugs. Ipainom mo, iinject mo sa kanila. Kung mamamatay, eh di, sorry. Kung magtanong sila kung sinong nag-utos nito, sabihin mo si Duterte.”
Media groups reveal renewed Baguio PNP red-tagging of journalists
At least two journalists in the Cordillera region have been invited to a fake dialogue with the Baguio City Police earlier this month that turned out to be a witch-hunting activity against journalists and activists.
CBCP leader urges honesty in the coming polls
The leader of the country’s Roman Catholics expressed support to a campaign for clean and honest elections, urging Filipinos to fight the current “age of disinformation” with “the moral imperative of truth and honesty.”
Yearender: Unrepentant economics in 2021
tle improvement can be expected in the last few months of the administration’s term when it will be most of all concerned with navigating conflicting political ambitions in the May 2022 elections. The short-sighted drive for power will, once again, trump the long fight against poverty and underdevelopment.
2021 in review: Countdown to ending Duterte’s tyranny
response. It has been a year of great resistance and important victories especially for human rights. It is also the year Duterte was thoroughly exposed for being unable to govern and lead during the worst health and economic crisis in decades.