COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Authorities are determining if the human rights lawyer in Maguindanao was the intended target when his parked car was shot twice by still unidentified attackers over the weekend. Police Col. Querubin Manalang, city police director, identified Monday, August 8, the owner of...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo on Saturday assured the US that the Philippines is open to discuss concerns on human rights. During US State Secretary Antony Blinken's visit to the Philippines, Manalo told him that the country recognized that democracy "will always be a...
The Philippines on Saturday reaffirmed its commitment to protect and promote human rights as it welcomed its high ranking in the US Department of State’s 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the Tier 1 ranking the country received “acknowledges...
PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warmly welcomed Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris, defying anger sparked by hosting the controversial strongman less than four years after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. France's President...
The National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) said that the unauthorized use of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) photos for donations is a violation of Republic Act No. 8371 or the "Indigenous Peoples Rights Act." media This is the act that recognizes, protects, and promotes the rights of IPs and...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban have carried out hundreds of human rights violations in Afghanistan since seizing power last year, the United Nations said Wednesday, including extra judicial killings and torture. Fiona Frazer, Chief Human right United Nations assistance Mission in Afghanistan (R)...
Politicians and law enforcers who became drug lords should be meted the death penalty as first offenders as they had taken their oaths of office to follow and respect Philippine laws. Senator Robinhood Padilla emphasized this view after coming out in the open supporting the bill of Senator Ronald...
Suspected communist rebels killed a rookie policeman when they ambushed a group of policemen conducting relief distribution in Gandara town of Samar on Saturday, July 16. Police Brig. Gen. Bernie Banac, director of the Police Regional Office 8, said the policemen were conducting humanitarian...
The United States House of Representatives have passed an amendment to its National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to limit the issuance of assistance to the Philippine National Police (PNP) due to alleged human rights violations. The amendment to the NDAA was introduced by Rep. Susan Wild of...
The Philippine government, which is recently hounded by concerns on killings and abuses, has reaffirmed its commitment before the United Nations (UN) to implement mechanisms strengthening human rights​ in the country. During a diplomatic briefing in Geneva on Monday, two envoys vowed to...
Karapatan, a human rights alliance in the Philippines, called on the House of Representatives to expedite the passage of the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act, a bill that seeks to protect human rights defenders in the country. (Karapatan / Manila Bulletin) “Since 2007, we have tirelessly...
If given the chance, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said he will ask President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to certify the bill seeking the imposition of the death penalty for high-level drug traffickers as urgent. Senator Ronald "Bato" de la Rosa “Given the chance, I will do it. Kung...
