Palace reminds critics: Protests banned due to COVID-19 Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Oct 22 03:02 PM Malacañang on Thursday reminded its critics to refrain from expressing dissent through mass protests, that remain banned to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease. Read more »
How Eloisa Lopez shot this picture of Reina Mae Nasino at Baby River’s burial JEROME B. GOMEZUpdated as of Oct 20 09:00 PM Relatives and lawyers repeatedly begged jail guards to remove Reina’s handcuffs even for just a few minutes so she could hold Baby River for the last time. They repeatedly refused Read more »
Heavy police presence sparks tension in burial of Baby River ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Oct 17 05:03 AM Heavy police presence resulted in a tension-filled burial in the city of Manila for a three-month-old baby who died two months after she got separated from her jailed mother. Read more »
'Eksakto lang': DILG denies armed guards at River Nasino wake was overkill ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Oct 16 12:05 PM The deployment of armed personnel at the wake and burial of a jailed activist's baby is "not an overkill," the Department of the Interior and Local Government said Friday, after groups condemned the alleged apathy that authorities displayed in the incident. Read more »
'Overkill, very cruel': Lawyers condemn ill treatment of jailed activist whose baby died ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Oct 16 10:12 AM MANILA - The lawyers of detained activist Reina Mae Nasino have filed a manifesto condemning what they called the very cruel treatment that their client received from authorities during her furlough. Read more »
Sanggol ng nakakulong na aktibista ililibing ngayong araw Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Oct 16 08:56 AM MAYNILA - Nakatakdang ilibing ngayong Biyernes ang sanggol na si Baby River, anak ng nakakulong na aktibistang si Reina Mae Nasino. Read more »
Risa Hontiveros is impossible GIAN LAOUpdated as of Sep 14 10:28 AM After she was systematically targeted at the height of the Philhealth scandal, we checked in with the Senator to talk about what it takes to keep going in a climate like today’s. Read more »
‘I might be killed’: Karapatan shows SC slain activist Zara Alvarez's 2019 affidavit seeking protection Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Sep 01 04:16 PM Activist Zara Alvarez had feared for her life. She sought protection from harassment and red-tagging, supposedly by state agents, from the Supreme Court, but she was killed before the court could rule on her request. Read more »
Pagpatay sa human rights defender sa Bacolod City, iniimbestigahan na ng CHR Martian Muyco, ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Aug 18 02:29 PM Sinimulan na ng Commission on Human Rights (CHR) ang imbestigasyon sa pagpaslang sa human rights activist na si Zara Reboton Alvarez sa Bacolod City. Read more »
Aktibista para sa karapatang pantao, patay sa pamamaril sa Bacolod City Mark Salanga, ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Aug 17 10:53 PM BACOLOD CITY (UPDATE) - Patay ang isang babaeng human rights activist matapos pagbabarilin sa Eroreco Subdivision sa Barangay Mandalagan sa Bacolod City Lunes ng gabi. Read more »
Body of slain activist illegally retrieved by police from funeral home: lawyer Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Aug 11 02:02 AM MANILA - The remains of slain activist leader and peace consultant Randy Echanis were "illegally retrieved" by Quezon City police from a funeral home, his family's lawyer said Monday. Read more »
‘Mapagmahal, may malasakit’: Paglilingkod na ibinigay ni Gina Lopez, inalala ng kapatid ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Aug 08 06:01 PM Binuhay ni Ernie Lopez ang mga alaala ng kapatid na si dating Environment Secretary Gina Lopez ngayon buwan ng kaniyang unang anibersaryo ng pagkamatay. Read more »
Philippines: deadliest country in Asia for land defenders ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Jul 29 08:45 AM The Philippines was the deadliest country in Asia for land and environmental defenders again last year while slipping to second most dangerous in the world behind Colombia, a watchdog said Wednesday. Read more »
Activist priest kinondena ang patuloy na patayan sa gitna ng pandemya Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Jul 21 08:16 PM Kinondena ng activist priest na si Robert Reyes ang umano ay patuloy na patayan sa gitna ng panahon ng pandemya kasunod ng pamamaril sa isang balut vendor sa Quezon City. Read more »
THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 03, 2020 ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Jul 03 11:47 PM Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »
Plastic protest Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Jul 03 05:27 PM Contemporary-art designer, Leeroy New, wears a makeshift face shield made from recycled plastic bottles inside his studio in Quezon City on Friday. Read more »
OPINION: Should we start blurring the faces of protesters? ANCXPosted at Jun 12 04:33 PM When the Anti-Terror bill remains in danger of being signed and trolls are making netizens feel watched, having one’s photo on the news adds to a real fear of being identified and dispatched. By EMMAN MAYO Read more »
Youth activists oppose writ of amparo petition parents filed at SC for 'missing' child Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at May 30 06:04 PM MANILA - Activists accused of "indoctrinating" and holding in custody a "missing" student on Saturday slammed an anti-insurgency task force and the lawyer who filed a petition before the Supreme Court for misusing the case to go after leftist groups. Read more »
Coordinator ng Bayan Muna sa Panay patay sa pamamaril Jennifer Garcia Hernandez, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Apr 30 02:00 PM ILOILO CITY - Patay sa pamamaril ang coordinator ng Bayan Muna sa Barangay Sto. Niño Norte Huwebes ng umaga. Read more »
Thunberg donates $100,000 to support children during pandemic Agence France-PressePosted at Apr 30 01:35 PM Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated a $100,000 prize she won from a Danish foundation to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for use against the COVID-19 pandemic, the world body said Thursday. Read more »