For most artists, a tour stop is just another city on the calendar. For Danny O 'Donoghue, Manila feels like something else entirely. "It feels like coming home every time," the The Script frontman said during a packed media conference last week as he returned to the Philippines to promote the...
A network advocating evidence-based drug policies rejected Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano’s description of the Duterte administration’s anti-illegal drugs campaign as a “human rights campaign,” saying the bloody crackdown was marked by violence, fear, and impunity. In a statement...
Officials from the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development and Pag-IBIG Fund conducted a site inspection and ceremonial turnover of housing units under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program in Cabuyao, Laguna, on Thursday, May 21....
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the United Nations (UN) is unlikely to take action on a written statement submitted by the International Career Support Association (ICSA) and circulated by the Human Rights Council (HRC), describing the group’s allegations as “baseless claims.” In...
ILOILO CITY – Amnesty International Philippines is alarmed over alleged growing impunity in the Visayas and insignificant progress in addressing human rights concerns. “What we are witnessing is the normalization of violence and impunity. Communities are displaced, human rights defenders are...
As the Philippines continues to confront housing needs projected at 3.7 million until 2028 according to Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), the Subdivision and Housing Developers Association (SHDA) is calling on the housing sector to move forward in greater synergy as it...
ILIGAN CITY – Five skeletal remains were discovered in Barangay Dilimbayan, Maguing, Lanao del Sur on Monday, May 11. They were unearthed by soldiers and police following information from residents and were buried in a public cemetery in Amai Manabilang, Lanao del Sur. Authorities appealed to the...
CEBU CITY – Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation- Central Visayas (NBI-7) arrested a man accused of trafficking women for prostitution. Jollie Jainar Fundador, alias Joel, was arrested in an entrapment operation in Barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City on Monday, May 11. NBI-7 said the suspect...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Joel Anthony M. Viado on Friday, May 8, expressed alarm over cases of Filipinos who, despite previous victimization, still end up falling prey to human trafficking schemes. Viado raised the concern after immigration officers prevented two Filipinos from...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is not bestowing the title of Human Rights City to Iloilo City or any other locality. "It is not CHR declaring the title. It will be a self-declaration by the Iloilo City government," said CHR-6 Director Jonnie Dabuco, following reports claiming...
ILOILO CITY – The Panay Consumers Alliance (PCA) has urged the Iloilo City government under Mayor Raisa Treñas to address basic rights prior to becoming a “Human Rights City.” “It must go beyond declarations. It must be grounded in the conditions of the people, including those whose...
BOKOD, Benguet — A 72-year-old woman was found dead and buried in remote Barangay Daclan here on Sunday, May 3. A resident saw the woman’s son burying what appeared to be an object. The resident asked a relative to check the area. The relative discovered a human foot protruding from the ground...
