Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has called on United Nations (UN) member states to eradicate all forms of discrimination and intolerance faced by Asians, including Filipinos, through the use of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA). Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr....
Children attending schools managed by Los Angeles Unified School District will have to be vaccinated against COVID-19, under a proposal being debated Tuesday, the first such mandate by a big school district in the United States (Patrick T. FALLON AFP/File) The Department of Health (DOH) said that...
(Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said that policies concerning those people vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as well as the unvaccinated must not be discriminatory at this point. "We value the recommendations from the private sector...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said there should be no discrimination against travelers who received Chinese-made coronavirus vaccines, saying it was the first brand to be made available. The country's vaccine stockpile reaches 30.9 million with the delivery of one million doses of...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund Villafuerte on Saturday, June 19, pushed for the passage of the Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Bill that aims to prohibit and criminalize discrimination on various fronts. Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. LRay Villafuerte His bill was among the several...
Senior citizens and medical professionals comprise a "significant portion" of victims in the recent spate of discrimination against Filipinos in the United States (US), at least based on records of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Lanceplaine /...
’TOL Views Senator Francis N. Tolentino About 400 universities and colleges in the United States have reportedly required foreign students mostly from India — who were already inoculated — to re-vaccinate since the brands they had taken have yet to secure a “green light” from the World...
The Philippines has opposed any potential "vaccine apartheid" in international travel and called for global pact recognizing the coronavirus jabs approved by World Health Organization (WHO) sufficient for the entry of travelers. A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine at a...
Senator Grace Poe is pushing the passage of a bill that would declare a day in the month May as "National Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia and Phobias for Persons of Diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or Expression or Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC)". (PIXABAY) In the Senate...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) will launch a probe on the alleged sexual harassment and gender discrimination complaint against the employees and management of Isla Reta Beach Resort in Samal, Davao Del Norte. (Photo from Isla Reta Beach Resort Facebook page) "The DOT is an advocate of gender...
BUHAY Party-list Representative Jose "Lito" Atienza on Tuesday, May 11, sought to prevent the legalization of same-sex marriage in the anti-discrimination bill being crafted in the House of Representatives. Buhay Party-list Representative Jose "Lito" Atienza (Facebook) At the hearing of the House...
Members of the House of Representatives' Committee on Human Rights on Tuesday, May 11, voted to retain the prohibition on discrimination on the basis of gender identity in the proposed comprehensive anti-discrimination law. Manila 6th District representative and House Deputy Speaker Bienvendo...
