Church leaders express alarm at ‘reign of unpeace’ during Advent
The Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) said that while the Advent season has arrived, “unpeace” reigns as the Rodrigo Duterte government continues to consider human rights as a barrier to peace and order.
Duterte gov’t fails to meet its human rights obligations amid the pandemic
The Duterte administration’s so-called emergency assistance is so small that it is just a token measure to give the illusion of responding. Tens of millions of Filipinos are not getting any help causing millions to go hungry and sink deeper into poverty.
Paglaban sa terorismo ng estado, sigaw sa protesta sa Mendiola
Pangunahin nilang sigaw ang paglaban sa terorismo ng estado. Ayon sa Karapatan, sa ika-limang taong panunugkulan ni Pangulong Duterte ay lalong tumindi ang paglabag sa karapatang pantao at pinalala pa ito kamakailan ng red-tagging sa mga aktibista at human rights defenders.
Army, police kill Alvin Luque in midnight raid
Prominent Davao activist Alvin Luque, who after many threats to his life by suspected State agents joined the New People’s Army (NPA), was killed by a composite military and police team in a raid at 1 AM this morning in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur.
‘Ating isinasakdal si Duterte sa pagpatay sa mahihirap’
“Sa ika-limang paggunita ng International Human Rights Day sa ilalim ng rehimeng Duterte, atin siyang isinasakdal sa pagpatay sa mahihirap, sa pagpapabaya sa kasalukuyang pandemya.”
No ceasefire? No surprise—CPP
“Duterte is lying about being offered a place in what he imagines as invitation to a coalition government. He could not even qualify as NDFP consultant when he offered himself to become one,” Jose Maria Sison said.
Duterte red-tags late mother in yet another invective-laced rant
“Ang hindi ko alam, ‘yung nanay ko, may pagka-aktibista…Every weekend makita ko sila sa bahay, doon sa terrace. May mga madre, ganoon. Nagmi-meeting. Akala ko, nagdadasal ang mga y***. Iyon pala p***** i**!” Duterte said.
Media groups rally behind AlterMidya; condemn ‘callous, dangerous, evidence-less red-tagging’
“We strongly condemn the NTF-ELCAC’s callous, dangerous, and evidence-less red-tagging of the Altermidya network,” media organizations including the Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University, the University of the Philippines Department of Journalism, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, the Consortium on Democracy and Disinformation, the Foundation for Media Alternatives, MindaNews, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, and the Philippine Press Institute as well as media outfits Rappler and VERA Files said.
PH labor market rebounding but not recovering – IBON
Recovery cannot happen with such government neglect of labor and the economy, IBON said. Scrimping on meaningful economic stimulus prevents the health system to cope with the pandemic and the workers to return to work. It also leaves behind the more basic economic sectors of agriculture and domestic manufacturing in creating more meaningful jobs, IBON said.
Gov’t priorities enrich a few and destroy the environment–IBON
“The Philippine government’s bias for profit-seeking interests even at the expense of the environment are the root cause of the logging, quarrying and land conversion in Rizal and Cagayan provinces that have caused such devastating floods.”