Philippine tribal minorities demand justice
President Duterte has spoken out in defense of the rights of tribal minorities.
Philippine tribal minorities demand justice
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Human rights film fest opens 3rd year
Human rights film fest opens 3rd year
“The month leading to December 10 have some of the worst days for human rights in the Philippines,” said KJ Dumapit, Festival Director of the Truth Cinema Human Rights Film Festival. The film festival is an initiative of Tudla Productions to launch a creative...
Blatant Censorship: House of Representatives blacklists media officers, campus journalists and activists
Blatant Censorship: House of Representatives blacklists media officers, campus journalists and activists
Altermidya expresses grave concern over the House of Representatives’ (HOR) blacklisting of at least 50 individuals including sectoral leaders and activists, a journalism professor, campus journalists, and media liaison officers of national student organizations, among others.
#DearPope | Open letter to Pope Francis from Yolanda survivors
#DearPope | Open letter to Pope Francis from Yolanda survivors
His Holiness Pope Francis, Greetings of peace and love from the Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivors! Indeed we have the same wish: a wish of a poor church and for the poor... for we are the poor in the church. In the spirit of mercy and compassion (the theme of your...
#DearPope | Open letter of the Filipino youth to Pope Francis
#DearPope | Open letter of the Filipino youth to Pope Francis
Dear Pope Francis, We, the Filipino youth welcomes with joy, justice, peace, and love His Holiness Pope Francis to the Philippines. Your writings and teachings inspire us to offer and commit ourselves to selfless and meaningful service to our fellow people, most...
#DearPope | Open letter to Pope Francis from Gabriela Women’s Party
#DearPope | Open letter to Pope Francis from Gabriela Women’s Party
January 15, 2015 Dearest Pope Francis, Bienvenido! Benvenuto! Vi diamo il benvenuto con il collettivo abbraccio di maggioranza dellafilippina donne nelle Filippine We thank you for coming to personally extend your compassion to a suffering people in the aftermath...
#DearPope | Open letter of Filipino migrants to Pope Francis
#DearPope | Open letter of Filipino migrants to Pope Francis
Pope of the poor, fight for us. We are Filipino migrants, immigrants, refugees from all over the world who, together with our families, call upon Your Eminence, to bear witness to our struggle. We call on you to speak in behalf of overseas Filipinos in our quest...
#DearPope | Open letter to Pope Francis from a son of a desaparecido
#DearPope | Open letter to Pope Francis from a son of a desaparecido
Dear Pope Francis, ¡Bienvenido a las Filipinas! Welcome to the Philippines! By now, I’m sure you’re already flooded with messages poured upon you by my fellow Filipinos. Thus, my voice will be just another amongst the crowd. My voice comes from a place of complex...
#DearPope | Open letter to Pope Francis from Kapayapaan peace advocates
#DearPope | Open letter to Pope Francis from Kapayapaan peace advocates
His Holiness, Pope Francis PP.00120 Via del Pellegrino Citta del Vaticano Dear Pope Francis, Our hearts are filled with hope in anticipation of Your Holiness’ visit to the Philippines. As peace advocates, we are heartened by Your Holiness’ choice of name honoring...
Truth Cinema Film Festival now on its 2nd year, pursuing campaign to uphold human rights protection and awareness
Truth Cinema Film Festival now on its 2nd year, pursuing campaign to uphold human rights protection and awareness
The Truth Cinema Festival is now on its 2nd year in showcasing human rights films in different communities, schools and workplaces. Aside from areas in National Capital Region, included in this year’s leg are schools and peasant communities in Visayas and Mindanao...
Artists pay tribute to urban poor leader ‘Nanay Mameng’ through play
Artists pay tribute to urban poor leader ‘Nanay Mameng’ through play
Press Release Artists such as renowned lights designer Katsch Catoy, filmmaker Adjani Arumpac and Brandon Relucio, theater artist Noel Taylo, theater artist and dancer Edwin Quinsayas, visual artist Rowena Bayon, graphic artists Tom Estrera III and Jennifer...
Do you know all your rights?
Do you know all your rights?
PRESS RELEASE Rights AllYouCan is a human rights literacy campaign which seeks to encourage Filipinos, especially college students, to take an active role towards human rights education. The two-week series of activities will culminate with a forum that will...
UP professors denounce the pork barrel system
UP professors denounce the pork barrel system
MANILA – Concerned faculty members of the University of the Philippines (UP) joined calls for the abolition of the pork barrel system. In a press conference on Friday, August 17, the UP professors wore their official sash used for graduation ceremonies called...
‘Justice beyond monetary compensation’
‘Justice beyond monetary compensation’
For immediate release February 23, 2013 Environmental and women’s groups are demanding ”justice beyond monetary compensation” for the USS Guardian’s grounding of the Tubbataha Reef National Park, saying that the incident is a blatant example of US disrespect for...
CHED need not be a piper tiger; Youth groups assail bogus consultations on tuition hikes
CHED need not be a piper tiger; Youth groups assail bogus consultations on tuition hikes
Youth groups led by Kabataan Partylist and the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) marched to the office of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Diliman at 11 a.m. February 21, 2013 to protest the proliferation of “bogus” tuition hike...
Youth advocates call for electoral platform against unjust tuition increases
Youth advocates call for electoral platform against unjust tuition increases
PRESS RELEASE February 22, 2013 In the month of tuition hike consultations Youth advocates call for electoral platform against unjust tuition increases Youth advocates for clean elections urged the current administration and the electoral candidates to “address the...
KMU slams PMI Bohol Colleges for union-busting
KMU slams PMI Bohol Colleges for union-busting
PRESS RELEASE 22 Feb. 2013 MANILA -- National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned today the management of the Philippine Maritime Institute in Tagbilaran City, Bohol led by Ms. Rizabel Cloma-Santos for busting the workers’ union in the school by terminating...
Green and women’s groups on Tubbataha issue: ‘Justice beyond monetary compensation’
Green and women’s groups on Tubbataha issue: ‘Justice beyond monetary compensation’
Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Environmental and women’s groups are demanding ”justice beyond monetary compensation” for the USS Guardian’s grounding of the Tubbataha Reef National Park, saying the incident is a blatant example of US disrespect for Philippine patrimony and...
Aquino’s ECC for Xstrata-SMI is catastrophic
Aquino’s ECC for Xstrata-SMI is catastrophic
PRESS RELASE Ka Efren, NDFP-FarSouth Mindanao Region 22 February 2013 Malacanang’s approval and issuance of the ECC for the Xstrata-SMI gold-copper project in Tampakan is a plot hatched in hell. Pnoy is inexcusably accountable for this barefaced and traitorous act....
KMU slams robbery in federation’s office
KMU slams robbery in federation’s office
Media Release 23 Feb. 2013 MANILA -- National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned today a case of robbery in the office of one of its federations, saying the incident is part of the Aquino government’s surveillance and harassment operations against government...
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