Though facing assault, disobedience, and grave coercion from the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Nov. 27, shrugged off what she said were cases that “do not hold water.” Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media during a press...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (Screenshot from Facebook) A ranking congressman is urging the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee to look into the designation of Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. as a terrorist to ensure that the anti-terror law is...
The Anti-Terrorism Council’s (ATC) move to designate suspended Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. and 12 other persons as part of the “Teves Terrorist Group” and tagging them as terrorists is a huge concern. And as far as Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero is concerned, he finds it disturbing...
To protect human rights in the Philippines, labor leader and Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) presidential candidate Leodegario ‘Ka Leody” De Guzman seeks to end the acts of extrajudicial killing, red-tagging, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), and the...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo hopes that the Supreme Court will resolve all concerns raised against the controversial Anti-Terror Law that some critics said will lead to more red-tagging of government critics. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Robredo noted the advisory from the...
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) on Tuesday, Dec. 7 reiterated its call to junk the Anti-Terror Law, more than a year after it took effect, saying that it is a threat to free speech. (File Photo / National Union of Journalists of the Philippines) The Department of Justice...
Should former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV win in the 2022 senatorial race, his first priorities would be to amend the controversial anti-terror bill that has become a way for key government officials to red-tag activists and critics and to start an anti-corruption body that will oversee the...
Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio told the youth to oppose “any attempt by the government to curtail our freedom,” pointing particularly to the controversial Anti-Terror Law that the Duterte administration allegedly uses to intimidate critics and activists. Retired Supreme...
The Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP) called anew for the junking of the Anti-Terrorism Law a year after it was first imposed. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 on July 3. The law took effect on July 18. In a...
Anyone who wants to run for president next year should put achieving peace in the agenda, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Wednesday, June 2. Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV (File photo/Manila Bulletin) Speaking at the 1Sambayan’s virtual Townhall event “Talakayang Bayan:...
