Articles in English
Police house-to-house search is unlawful
The order of Sec. Eduardo Año of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to the Philippine National Police (PNP) to do “house-to-house” to search and “apprehend” and bring Covid-19 positive individuals to quarantine facilities is another militarist measure. Año’s new order will further trample on civil rights. This goes against even the reactionary […]
Justice Carpio: CPP, NPA cannot be declared terrorists under ATA
A former official of the Supreme Court asserted that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) cannot be declared terrorists under the new Anti-Terror Act (ATA). Former Associate Justice Antonio Carpio shared this view in reaction to Duterte’s declaration that “the CPP is terrorist because I declare it to […]
Opposition to Terror Law broadens
The Movement Against Tyranny and Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties protested in front of the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City last July 11 to oppose the Anti-Terror Act. The said groups are among those that filed the 10th petition at the Supreme Court demanding to junk the law. On July 16, the Catholic […]
Open schools safely
The 67,000-strong American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended last June for schools to be opened and for students to be present in schools the soonest possible time. They came up with eight principles in considering school re-entry policies in its paper entitled “COVID-19 Planning Considerations: Guidance for School Re-entry,” last updated on June 25. It […]
Covid-19 pandemic aggravates global hunger
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to aggravate hunger in countries where food crisis is most severe and is creating new epicenters of hunger across the globe. In a report published last July 9, Oxfam International identified 10 countries where hunger is most severe, as well as four countries which are experiencing rapidly rising levels of hunger […]