Pope Francis celebrated mass in honour of Myanmar on Sunday, repeating his calls for an end to violence in the country roiled by months of bloodshed following a military coup. The mass inside the Vatican's Saint Peter's Basilica came after several appeals for peace in recent months by Francis, who...
Concerned about the safety and welfare of the people, President Duterte issued a stern warning to Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) against committing acts of violence that harm the innocent population. President Duterte delivers a public address on May 13, 2021 (Malacañang) The...
The United States of America has assured the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that it is standing by Asian-Americans as violence against the said group grew in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and ASEAN...
Hollywood star Johnny Depp has lost his libel case against the U.K. tabloid The Sun, which called him a "wife beater" in an article. In a tweet by variety.com on Nov. 2, Judge Andrew Nicol ruled that the words were "substantially true" when The Sun reported Depp was a wife beater. Johnny...
You’ve most likely come across photos of celebrities in black-and-white filter over the weekend, accompanied with the hashtag #NoToGenderViolence (GBV), a reminder how even as the world battles a pandemic, old threats remain. In the Philippines, one out four married women have experienced abuse...
Former Miss Universe 1999 1st runner-up Miriam Quimbao and Bb. Pilipinas 2020 candidate Patrizia Garcia are joining the fight against gender-based violence. “Gender-based violence is not and will never be acceptable,” said Patrizia, during a webinar called FamiLIGTASPH which aims to educate...
This is to help women and children fight this ‘shadow pandemic’ Data has shown that since there has been a spike in gender-based violence among women and children since the community quarantine started. In a report to Congress , President Rodrigo Duterte said that since the lockdown...
