Rice farmers in Surigao del Sur are deep in debt due to the high cost of production. The price of fertilizer, pesticide and petroleum products have risen but farmgate prices remain unchanged. Moreover, a large part of their income goes to land rent in the form of exploitative sharing schemes between them and landlords. The […]

Filipino seafarers and sailors are drowning in a sea of problems. They face issues of unemployment, contractualization, exhorbitant training fees, mandatory fees and more. They are neglected by government despite the remittances they send into the country. Estimates of the Concerned Seafarers of the Philippines (CSP) show there are at least 750,000 registered seafarers and […]

Introduction This special report of Ang Bayan features violations of the rights of the child and special protections under international humanitarian laws by the armed forces of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (primarily the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police.) Child rights violations have markedly increased and worsened […]

Just recently, the Philippine Navy’s Patrol Ship BRP Andres Bonifacio (PS-17) was seen on the waters of Albay Gulf. The said warship has the capacity for various modern and powerful weapons of mass destruction. The public must justly question the reason behind its presence on regional waters most especially since it is the lives and […]

In just one week, additional two cases of human rights violations were perpetrated by 94th IBPA against civilians in Himamaylan City. In the morning of November 11, Tata Balasabas, 36 years old, married of Sitio Pisok, Bray. Buenavista was arrested, investigated and assaulted while resting in his residence. His frightened wife, still recuperating from giving […]