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The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) started on Monday, July 29, its fact-finding inquiry into cases of red-tagging in the country in its efforts to push for legislative measures to address the issue. In a statement, the CHR said its inquiry is part of its conscious efforts to formulate mechanisms...

Nine more members of the House of Representatives have filed a bill for the criminalization of red-tagging. House of Representatives plenary 2 The lawmakers -- Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, Quezon City Rep. Jose Christopher Belmonte, La Union Rep. Pablo Ortega as well as Makabayan bloc congressmen Bayan...

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he is against defunding the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) despite criticisms over its red-tagging activities. Go warned that the move to discontinue the allocation of funds to NTF-ELCAC could derail the government’s...