President Marcos has commended the government's uniformed men for sustaining its good performance in addressing criminality in the country at the start of the year, saying they were done without subverting the rule of law. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (KJ Rosales/PPA Pool) Marcos said...
Despite the supposed negative reports reaching international organizations, a Malacañang official said that the Philippine government is open to discussing the country’s human rights situation and that it is credible enough to address violations. Presidential Task Force on Media Security...
Progressive groups condemned the Philippine government in its negotiations with Japan to establish the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) between the two countries which gives the Japanese troops permission to join war games in the Philippines together with the US and Australia. Photo credit to...
There is no room for corruption and abuse of power in the country's police force. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. administers the oath taking of 55 newly promoter star rank officers of the Philippine National Police at the Malacañan Palace on Sept. 27, 2023. (RTVM Screenshot) President...
JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN As the country commemorates the National Awareness Week for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, the Department of Education (DepEd) underscored the urgent need to protect learners from all possible forms of abuse. “Atin pang mas...
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...
Progressive groups in the country pushed for the prosecution of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for his alleged “crimes against humanity.” Alliance of Filipino women, Gabriela, on Monday, Nov. 14, said attacks carried out against women activists during the Duterte administration...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE -- Pope Francis on Saturday said the treatment of Indigenous people in Canada amounted to a genocide, after a six-day trip where he apologised to survivors of abuse at Catholic-run schools. Graves are seen in the municipal cemetery of Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, July 28, 2022....
SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRE, Canada -- Indigenous women briefly protested as Pope Francis celebrated mass during his visit to Canada on Thursday, demanding that he retract centuries-old Church doctrine that empowered Europeans to colonize non-Christian native lands. Indigenous people hold a protest...
LAC STE. ANNE, Canada -- Pope Francis called for "healing" Tuesday as he joined a pilgrimage to a sacred lake in Canada, one day after making a landmark apology for the abuse of Indigenous children at Catholic-run schools. Pope Francis is wheeled back from the shore after blessing the water of Lac...
The Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) maintained that it remains committed to providing and creating a “safe learning environment” for its students amid complaints of abuse by some of its alumni. (Courtesy of PHSA FB page) PHSA, in a statement posted on its Facebook page on Wednesday,...
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...
