Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by NUPL (Philippines)
Military, police and politicians should stop labelling civic activists as terrorists!
1. Concept
In an article published by the International Peace Observers network (IPON)”,” red tagging” or “red baiting”
“describes the practice of state actors to publicly and detractively classify (...)
, by SANTOS Soliman, Jr
Two years after the 6 June 2021 Masbate landmining incident — resulting in the New People’s Army (NPA) admitted killing of two Absalon civilian adult family members and injuring of another who was a minor, starting with what appears to be a command-detonated anti-personnel mine directed at them (...)
, par Amnesty International Philippines
On its 62nd anniversary, Amnesty International Philippines announced its Ignite Awards for Human Rights [[https://www.amnesty.org.ph/ignite-awards] Season 3 winners following the theme “Protect the Protest”, Amnesty’s newest campaign on right to protest launched globally in 2022 (...)
, by DAVID Randy
“If you’ve been in government long enough, you’ll have seen many of these,” said President Marcos the other day by way of downplaying the abrupt ouster of Pampanga representative and former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) from her position as senior deputy speaker of the House of (...)
, by BAINBRIDGE Alex, DELIZO Rasti
As part of its renewed military cooperation under the Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), the United States and the Philippines conduct annual joint military exercises. This year, more than 17,600 members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the US military took part in (...)
, by DAVID Randy
“It is terrifying to think that someone as prominent as De Lima, a former head of the country’s Commission on Human Rights and an elected senator, could find herself caught in a tangled mess such as this, the hapless victim of an elaborate scheme to game an imperfect legal system. One can only (...)
, by SANTOS Soliman, Jr
The past week has seen a new set of Masbate incidents of the local communist armed conflict. This refer to the armed hostilities starting March 20 between the New People’s Army (NPA) and the Philippine Army (PA)/ Philippine National Police (PNP) involving the use of explosive weapons near (...)
, by BELLO Walden
As the US dramatically expands its military presence, colonialist history is repeating itself.
When the news broke in early February that Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had struck a deal to allow the United States to dramatically expand its military presence on the archipelago, many (...)
, by HERNANDEZ Rose Angelie, SY Jose Monfred C.
“Tabang! Mga aktibista mi!” (“Help! We’re activists!”) shouted Dyan Gumanao when they were being forced into the van by six unidentified men. This is the content of the video that was circulated after the abduction of two labor unionists, Gumanao, a coordinator of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (...)
, by SPENCER YU Lance
The groups put the spotlight on continued oppression and economic woes as the nation commemorates its first People Power Revolution anniversary under another Marcos.
MANILA, Philippines – Various groups vowed to keep the spirit of the people’s revolution alive as the Philippines commemorated (...)
, by MARASIGAN Teo S., RAMBATAN Bonnibel, SANTOS Zelda
Bonnibel Rambatan talks to Teo S. Marasigan and Zelda Santos about the phenomenon of Overseas Filipino Workers and help desk for distressed OFWs run in secret by a handful of Filipinos from various professions.
In this episode, Bonnibel Rambatan talks to Teo S. Marasigan, Filipino activist and (...)
, by CONDE Mavic
Nearly a decade after the Haiyan disaster, the LGBTQ+ community still faces hardships to be on the list of housing recipients in the Central Philippines. Even until today, they relentlessly fight for their legal protection.
Tacloban City, Philippines—Even after almost ten years after the (...)
, by DAVID Randy
Established in 2002 as a permanent international tribunal to promote the rule of law, ensure the protection of human rights, and punish serious offenses like genocide, aggression, and crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court (ICC) today is struggling to assert its role in a (...)
, par Walden Bello Legal Defense Committee
After studying the petition to quash the case filed by the defense, Judge Retrina Fuentes of Regional Trial Court 10 has ruled against it. This means that the arraignment of defendant Walden Bello will take place at RTC 10 in Davao on January 26.
Commenting on the judge’s decision, Lead (...)
, by Ibon Foundation
Millions of ordinary Filipinos did not benefit from supposedly rapid 2022 growth because the government tightened the purse strings on urgent cash assistance (ayuda) and only gave a negligible wage increase last year, said research group IBON.
The group reminded how rebound-driven growth last (...)
, by Asian Labour Review
The ILO High Level Tripartite Mission (HLTM) is visiting the Philippines on 23-26 January 2023, and the Philippine labour movement has been mobilising to pressure the government to respect the rights of workers. We present a Prime to explain what the HLTM is and why this is a crucial moment for (...)
, by Nagkaisa
The NAGKAISA Labor Coalition expressed opposition to customized proposals to privatize everything like the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and the EDSA busway carousel.
“We believe that privatization is not a panacea or an all-out solution to our public transportation problems, and we don’t (...)
, by Partido Manggagawa
In reaction to news that unemployment has dipped to just 4.2% in November 2022, Rene Magtubo, chair of the labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) stated that “Indeed, more Filipinos are back to work but in bad jobs.” Magtubo insisted that “Quality as much as quantity of jobs is a concern using the (...)
, by MAGTUBO Renato, Partido Manggagawa
Despite the economy sustaining its recovery from the recession induced by the pandemic, workers faced a worsening incomes and jobs crisis in 2022. Thus, while businesses were slowly recuperating, formal and informal workers continued bleeding from wage and income erosion, job losses, and a fall (...)
, by PMP
The Partido ng Manggagawang Pilipino (PMP) extends its condolences to the family and comrades of Joma Sison. We offer our sympathies out of solidarity to a fellow revolutionary despite the fundamental differences that the PMP has with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
This is the (...)
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