Similar to the human trafficking cases in Myanmar, Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, January 18 said that some Filipinos are also being illegally recruited to work as crypto-scammers in Cambodia. Hontiveros disclosed that Filipinos are being illegally recruited to work in Cambodia and forced to...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government-National Capital Region (DILG-NCR) gave the Quezon City government perfect scores in its implementation of measures against human trafficking and violence against women and children (VAWC). In a letter, DILG-NCR Regional Director Maria Lourdes...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday expressed regret over mass human rights violations committed in the country's past, including a violent anti-communist purge in the 1960s and the disappearance of student protesters in the late 1990s. More than half a million...
The Makabayan bloc in Congress on Monday, January 9 expressed hope that the perjury charges filed against 10 human rights defenders would be dismissed. In a statement, the group reiterated their belief that the filing of perjury cases against the human rights defenders is a clear act of retaliation...
The Department of Education Central Office (DepEd CO) received the Bronze Award in the Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM) from the Civil Service Commission (CSC) for its continued outstanding practice in human resource management. DepEd...
Border control and intelligence operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have arrested a suspected human trafficker at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the bureau announced on Friday, Dec. 30. NAIA (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the 62-year-old...
Given suboptimal performance and persisting inequitable access, the Philippine education system needs swift action to address the current education crisis, state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) emphasized. A study “Philippine Education: Situationer, Challenges, and...
H. E. Luc Véron, European Union Ambassador to the Philippines has emphasized the large responsibility for the corporate sector in the area of human rights, but also underlined the opportunities that the respect of human rights can bring for business. The EU ambassador stressed his point at the...
EDITORS DESK Exactly a month ago, COP27 or the 2022 United Nations Climate Conference (aka 27th Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change), concluded without a “consensus” — supporters say that there were big strides especially on the aspect of “loss-and-damage...
The Philippines has called for the protection of children’s rights to a healthy and sustainable environment. Aileen Mendiola-Rau, the country’s representative to an intergovernmental commission on human rights in Southeast Asia, made the appeal as she stressed the importance of children’s...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) signed a declaration of cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Monday, Dec. 12, to setup a partnership in areas of common interests such as counter-terrorism, transnational organized crimes, and human rights. (L-R) Oliver...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has awarded the Guagua District Jail-Male Dormitory for its contributions to human rights policy particularly, in ensuring humane safekeeping and development of persons deprived of liberty (PDL). The Guagua District Jail-Male Dormitory bagged this year's Gawad...
