For Clarita Carlos, a civilian like herself is actually a better fit for the position of National Security Adviser (NSA), instead of, say, a person with a military background. Retired UP Professor Clarita Carlos (right) meets with President-elect Ferdinand Marcos on June 8, 2022 (BBM Media Bureau)...
Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday hailed the filing of graft charges against the 43 Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials who are involved in the so-called “pastillas scam” or bribery scandal that allowed the illegal entry of Chinese citizens in the country. Hontiveros said she is...
“Without a doubt, what this only means is more killings, and even more impunity.” This was the statement of human rights alliance Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay following the “asserted continuation” of the drug war that began under outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte’s...
Human rights cases filed by Martial Law victims against the Marcos family will continue during the impending presidency of the dictator’s son, President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr., a human rights lawyer and law professor said on Sunday, May 29. Human rights lawyer and law professor Theodore Te...
A lawyer of one of the groups that asked for presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s disqualification from the 2022 presidential race said that the former senator will be in power to decide on the myriad of issues that face his family, including reparation for the human rights victims during...
Human rights group Karapatan once again urged the public to reject the candidacy of presidential bet Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and vice presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte in the 2022 elections and beyond. (Karapatan) In a press statement issued on Tuesday, May 10,...
TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino Article V of our 1987 Constitution provides that suffrage – the right to vote – may be exercised by all citizens of the Philippines not otherwise disqualified by law, who are at least eighteen (18) years of age, and who shall have resided: (i) in the...
President Duterte said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin might just end up in the same jail cell due to the accusations of human rights violations hurled at them. File photo of President Duterte greeting Russian President Vladimir Putin before their bilateral meeting at the Vinpearl Da...
Bayan Muna Party-list has filed a resolution urging the House Committee on Human Rights to investigate the shooting incident that interrupted Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) presidential candidate Leodegario "Ka Leody" De Guzman’s sortie last April 19. The PLM sortie in Bukidnon right before the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Sixteen female victims of trafficking were rescued by authorities at Bongao seaport in Taw-Tawi province on Saturday, April 23. According to the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NavForWeM) report, the victims were on board MV Kristel Jane 3 when they were rescued by NavForWeM...
Former senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Wednesday said he will ensure the smooth implementation of in-city, on-site, and near-city housing programs for the urban poor should he successfully win in the May 2022 senatorial elections. In an interview with Radyo Pilipinas, Ejercito, who is...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año denounced on Tuesday, April 19, the United States State Department’s 2021 Country Report on Human Rights Practices claiming the alleged abuses committed by the country’s security forces. He said the report is a mere...
