On July 3, human rights groups and democratic sectors gathered to condemn the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), five years after it took effect. The ATA is a repressive law enacted at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. They condemned the weaponization of the law to suppress critics, activists, and thousands of farmers and indigenous […]
Nagtipon ngayong araw, Hulyo 3, ang mga grupo sa karapatang-tao at mga demokratikong sektor para batikusin ang Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), limang taon mula nang ito’y nagkabisa. Ang ATA ay isang mapanupil na batas na pinagtibay sa kasagsagan ng pandemyang Covid-19 noong 2020. Kinundena nila ang paggamit ng batas para supilin ang mga kritiko, aktibista at […]
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) expressed opposition and concern over a proposal in the US Congress to build an ammunition factory at the former US military base in Subic Bay, Zambales. According to the group, this plan threatens national security and will affect the livelihood of fisherfolk in Zambales. The intent […]
Nagpahayag ng pagtutol at pangamba ang Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) laban sa panukala sa Kongreso ng US na magtayo ng pabrika ng bala sa dating base militar ng US sa Subic Bay, Zambales. Ayon sa grupo, banta ang planong ito sa pambansang seguridad at makaaapekto sa kabuhayan ng mga mangingisda sa […]
The Baguio City council approved a resolution on June 23 endorsing the reports of United Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan and urging congress to amend the abused provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). The resolution’s author Councilor Jose Molintas said specific provisions that constitute a serious threat to free expression and peaceful protest must be […]
Inaprubahan ng konseho ng Baguio City ang isang resolusyon noong Hunyo 23 na nag-eendorso sa mga ulat ni United Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan at nagtutulak sa kongreso na amyendahan ang mga probisyon sa Anti-Terrorisn Act (ATA) na naabuso. Ayon kay konsehal Jose Molintas, may akda ng resolusyon, may mga partikular na probisyon na maituturing […]
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) condemned the conduct of Operation Lightning Strike, Filipino and American soldiers’ war games under Salaknib Phase 2 in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija on June 30. The war games fired two High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and used four Apache attack helicopters. According to KMP, the continued presence of […]
Kinundena ng Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) ang isinagawang Operation Lightning Strike, war games ng mga sundalong Pilipino at Amerikano, sa Palayan City, Nueva Ecija noong Hunyo 30 sa ilalim ng Salaknib Phase 2. Pinasabog sa war games na ito ang dalawang High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at gumamit ng apat na Apache attack […]
On July 1, the Supreme Court of the Philippines issued a writ of kalikasan against the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Samal Island Protected Landscape and Seascape Protected Area Management Board, and China Road and Bridge Corporation. This decision is in response to a petition filed […]
Noong Hulyo 1, naglabas ang Korte Suprema ng Pilipinas ng writ of kalikasan laban sa Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Samal Island Protected Landscape and Seascape Protected Area Management Board, at China Road and Bridge Corporation. Ang desisyong ito ay tugon sa petisyon na inihain ng […]