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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Nurses of the San Laza­ro Hos­pi­tal in Manila City mounted a silent protest last July 16 to demand better treatment. The nurses disclosed that around 60 health workers in the hospital were infected with Covid-19. Among them are 48 patients who compose 60% of the facilities Covid-19 patients. They lamented that the infections were primarily […]

The Rachelle Mae Palang Command (RMPC) of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Southeast Negros dismissed as a big hoax 11th Infantry Battalion’s pronouncement that at least 15 members of people’s militia surrendered recently. According to RMPC spokesperson Ka Estrella Banagbanag, the supposed surrenderees are actually farmers hoodwinked into attending a one day “livelihood training” […]