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Anti-globalization activist Walden Bello is charged with « libel“and”cyberlibel," a charge that carries very heavy penalties in the Philippines.
More statements will be added. Focus on the Global South: Speaking truth to power is not a crime: drop charges against Walden Bello, decriminalize libel (...)
Anti-globalization activist Walden Bello was arrested on August 8, 2022 on charges of “libel” and “cyberlibel,” a charge that carries very heavy penalties in the Philippines. Walden Bello, with whom we have shared many struggles, was arrested on August 8 in Manila-Quezon City on charges of “libel” (...)
MANILA, Philippines (Update 2, 7:45 p.m.) — Quezon City police served former vice-presidential candidate Walden Bello a warrant of arrest at around 4 p.m. on Monday in relation to the cyberlibel charges filed against him by a former Davao City employee.
Bello is facing two charges and his team (...)
On Monday, 8 August 2022, Dr. Walden Bello was arrested on two counts of libel and cyber libel filed by a former staff of Vice President Sara Duterte over statements made by Bello during the electoral campaign.
We at Focus on the Global South condemn in the strongest terms the arrest of our (...)
’President Marcos has a golden opportunity to get the Philippines on the right track by setting out clear priorities and policies to improve human rights in the country,’ says Human Rights Watch.
MANILA, Philippines – There was zero mention of human rights when Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (...)
On July 25, 2022, Ferdinand Marcos Jr will deliver his first annual State of the Nation Address (SONA) before the National Assembly. On the eve of this address, we publish below an article written at the beginning of the month, after the inaugural speech of the new president on the occasion of (...)
President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. began his inaugural speech last June 30 with a reiteration of his call for unity and ended with a plea for Filipinos to have hope that, under his watch, the future will be better. Yet, in various parts of the speech, the message of unity is subverted by (...)
’Nasa sa atin po ang lahat para sabihin na hindi tayo failure nung eleksiyon,’ says ex-VP Leni Robredo as she challenges supporters to do more advocacy work with Angat Buhay
MANILA, Philippines – Former vice president Leni Robredo launched her non-governmental organization “Angat Buhay,” which she (...)
Martial Law survivors say: ’Nagpapahayag kami ngayon ng aming paninindigan na ang pag-upo bilang pangulo ay hindi magpapalaya sa pananagutan sa kasaysayan na dapat aminin ng pamilya Marcos ang pandarambong, at dapat ibalik sa mga kinauukulan ang mga ninakaw’
[We’re now declaring our stand that (...)
Son says family has legacy of achievement as he completes clan’s return to power 36 years after father’s ousting
Ferdinand Marcos Jr has promised a government that will deliver for all Filipinos during his inauguration speech, even as he paid tribute to the legacy of his dictator father, whose (...)
Four decades since they experienced grave abuse as political detainees under the dictatorial regime of Ferdinand E. Marcos, three survivors say they cannot accept his son as president
MANILA, Philippines – Ka Rey was only 18 when Martial Law was declared. Three days after its imposition, state (...)
The veteran lawyer, former defense chief, and astute politician – who is less than two years away from his 100th birthday – takes on a role that will require cunning and clarity
MANILA, Philippines – At the ripe old age of 88 in 2012, Juan Ponce Enrile, then Senate President, found a revival of (...)
The May 9 Philippine national elections result represented a consolidation of the power of political dynasties and clans in the country, according to Reihana Mohideen from the Party of the Labouring Masses’ (PLM).
Speaking to Green Left Radio on May 13, Mohideen said that to understand the (...)
President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s designation of known technocrats to manage the Philippine economy raises the issue of whether continuing to rely on this particular group of experts can actually do good for the Filipino people and the country
The rise of technocratic management of the (...)
’To his supporters, he bears the burden of rising to the lionized vision of himself that he has allowed his machinery to create in their minds and hearts’
An election is one of the great processes in a democracy. However, elections do not necessarily guarantee an upright government. It will only (...)
The political climate leading to the May 9. 2022 national and local elections was one of the most emotional and intense electoral campaigns in the country’s history since 1986 elections that resulted in the exile of dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. and his family mainly because the son and (...)
In February 1986, the world was gripped by the ‘People Power’ revolt in the Philippines – the peaceful uprising that ended the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Earlier this month, many watched in disbelief as his son and namesake, Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr., won the popular vote in the (...)
On 9 May, the Marcos clan regained the power from which it had been excluded since the fall of the dictatorship in 1986. In counterpoint, the campaign led by Leni Robredo, who came second, opened up a space for resistance for progressive forces.
Many polls, local and national, are held on a general election day in the Philippines. Some are local and regional, but three are national: Presidential and Vice Presidential elections. These are two separate votes, so the winners may belong to two (...)
As a progressive activist, I’m dismayed at the election of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. by a landslide. But as a sociologist, I can understand why.
I am not referring to the malfunction, intended or non-intended, of one thousand plus voting machines. I am not alluding to the massive release of billions (...)
Around noon on June 30, a new government headed by Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will be inaugurated. At about the same time, a new movement that took shape in the final leg of Vice President Leni Robredo’s 2022 presidential campaign will formally launch its manifold presence in the post-election (...)
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