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Online kampanya para sa Palawan plebiscite umarangkada na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 08:29 PM

Umarangkada na ang pangangampanya para sa plebisito sa paghahati ng Palawan sa 3 probinsiya. Read more »

Should red-tagging be criminalized? Some senators say definition must be settled first

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 04 05:30 AM

The Senate on Wednesday discussed the proposal to penalize individuals engaged in red-tagging, especially if such is committed by government officials.   Read more »

PH human rights groups express solidarity with Myanmar

Romeo Mariano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 03:30 PM

An activist makes the three-finger salute during a protest in solidarity with the people of Myanmar against the military junta, conducted through a bike ride from the Boy Scout Monument to the University of the Philippines in Quezon City on Sunday.  Read more »

'Disinformation campaign' ukol sa Palawan plebiscite ikinabahala ng NGO

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 09:21 PM

Naalarma ang isang NGO sa umano'y disinformation campaign sa plebisito na maghahati sa Palawan sa 3 probinsiya. Read more »

Survey: Majority of teachers doubt if distance learning effective

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 05:15 PM

MANILA – A majority of Filipino teachers doubt whether their students learn under the current distance education setup, according to a survey conducted by experts, who raised concerns over what they called a “looming learning crisis.”    Read more »

Rights groups umalma sa umano'y 'fake rescue ops' ng pulisya sa Lumad school sa Cebu

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 07:56 PM

Pumalag ang iba't ibang organisasyon nitong Lunes sa isinagawang "rescue operation" umano ng Philippine National Police sa Central Visayas sa isang paaralan ng mga 'bakwit' (evacuees) na Lumad sa Cebu City. Read more »

Asian countries urged to go 'fossil fuel- free' this New Lunar Year

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 02:09 PM

Climate advocates perform a dragon dance during a creative protest in Binondo, Manila on Sunday, days before the celebration of the New Lunar Year of the Ox.  Read more »

US lawmakers nominate Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement for the Nobel Peace Prize

Robert Delaney in Washington, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 04 01:45 PM

Nine lawmakers, all from the Congressional-Executive Committee on China, send a letter to the chair of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, citing the national security law imposed on the city and saying the movement ‘continues to fight against the erosion’ of human rights and democracy. Read more »

Robredo, lawmakers blast termination of UP-DND accord

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 19 02:51 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo as well as several lawmakers and progressive youth groups have condemned the Department of National Defense's move to end its decades-old agreement with the University of the Philippines that prohibits uniformed personnel from entering UP campuses without notifying school officials. Read more »

CPP-NPA minaliit ang freeze order ng AMLC: 'We are not stupid'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 28 09:29 PM

Binalewala lang ng CPP at NPA ang kautusan na i-freeze ang bank accounts na konektado umano sa kanila. Read more »

2020: World rocked by COVID-19, Trump and Black Lives Matter

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 27 02:04 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic cast a long pall over 2020 but it also saw President Donald Trump beaten by Joe Biden in a tumultuous US election and the Black Lives Matter movement shake the world.   Read more »

Poe: 'Reckless' tagging that endangers individuals must be stopped

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 10:51 AM

Sen. Grace Poe said Tuesday the hurling of reckless and baseless accusation must be prevented, as debates on whether or not red-tagging must be criminalized continue. Read more »

US preparing new sanctions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown

Humeyra Pamuk and Matt Spetalnick, Reuters
Posted at Dec 07 09:47 AM

Up to 14 people would likely be targeted by measures such as asset freezes and financial sanctions. Read more »

PH gov't urged to criminalize red-tagging

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 07 09:52 AM

A constitutional expert is pushing to criminalize red tagging, saying the act creates a clear and present danger to those being linked to the communist movement.   Read more »

Cuba sees rare protest over freedom of expression

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 28 12:30 PM

About 200 Cuban artists demonstrated outside the country's culture ministry on Friday in a rare protest over freedom of expression that received support from leading Cuban cinema figures. Read more »

Robredo partner group's typhoon relief drive raises P64.3 million

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 05:23 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday reported that the fund-raising campaign of her office and its partner group Kaya Natin! Movement for Good Governance and Ethical Leadership has raised P64.371 million worth of cash donations for typhoon victims. Read more »

Pope derides anti-mask movements, backs racial justice campaign

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 08:25 AM

Pope Francis took aim Monday at protests against coronavirus restrictions, contrasting them with the "healthy indignation" seen in the global demonstrations against racism after the killing of George Floyd in the United States.  Read more »

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to illegal assembly

Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 11:39 AM

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of organising and taking part in an unauthorised assembly near the police headquarters during last year's anti-government protests. Read more »

Global investor group urges United States to rejoin Paris climate accord

Reuters
Posted at Nov 04 08:29 AM

A group representing European and U.S. investors with a collective $30 trillion in assets urged the United States to quickly rejoin a global accord to tackle climate change on Wednesday, as a decision by President Donald Trump to leave the pact came into effect. Read more »

MYMP’s Chin Alcantara not sorry for using blackface, draws backlash

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 07:27 PM

Filipino musician Chin Alcantara refused to apologize for his use of blackface in an online live gig Friday night.    Read more »