Preserve children’s right against violent, humiliating punishment
SAVE the Children Philippines is saddened by the untimely demise of Grade 5 student Francis Gumikib from Antipolo who allegedly suffered from brain haemorrhage...
Keep vigil vs corruption in 2024 budget
THEY have proven the dictum right one more time: Old habits die hard. After all, the habit had been nurtured for 21 years, including...
Whitewashing Marcos dictatorship in Matatag curriculum
ALLOW us to reiterate a basic historical fact: the two-decade rule of President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. is a dictatorship. The culpability of the crimes...
Never forget! Never again!
FIFTY-ONE years ago, on Sept. 21, 1972, Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. signed Proclamation No. 1081 that WOULD place the entire country under martial law.
We...
Lawyer’s heinous killing
THE INTEGRATED Bar of the Philippines (IBP) strongly condemns the heinous killing of IBP Commissioner on Bar Discipline, Atty. Ma. Saniata Liwliwa V. Gonzalez-Alzate....
On 32nd anniversary of US Bases rejection
IN 1991, the Filipino people’s struggle for genuine sovereignty culminated in the historic Senate vote rejecting the extension of US military bases in the...
Concerns raised on Ombudsman’s recent statements
KARAPATAN views with grave concern Ombudsman Samuel Martires’ statements in budget deliberations which call for greater opaqueness rather than transparency in government transactions. This,...
Lack of transparency in OP budget deliberations
THE CENTER for Women’s Resources raises alarm over the swift termination of budget deliberations for the Office of the President (OP) amid significant concerns...
Enforced disappearance – a tool of terror
ON THE International Day of the Disappeared, GABRIELA Philippines and the women’s committee of the International League of Peoples’ Struggles reiterate its demand for...
Killing children
WE EXTEND our deepest sympathies to the family of Jerhode Jemboy Baltazar, a 17-year-old boy whose life was tragically taken in a police operation...