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Student leader urges CHR to probe red-tagging, house visits

Members of the volunteer group were photographed and recorded during the activity without their consent.

?Philippines not for sale,’ groups tell investors

The groups rejected the Luzon Economic Corridor, calling it a "massive sellout" of Philippine patrimony.

How banana plantation puts Bukidnon Lumad into turmoil

The Lumad community used to occupy more than a hectare only of the 2,000 hectares of Sëzukadang. However, they were able to reclaim a total of s…

Critical minerals policy framework linked to Pax Silica?

“The presidential order is apparently intended to assure potential investors that national government mechanisms are in place to respond to Pax…

UPLB decries systematic red-tagging of constituents

“The government must be held accountable for continuing to fund and sustain avenues that manufacture malicious narratives."

UN body fortifies demand to free detained journalist, activists

A UN working group concluded that the deprivation of liberty of a journalist, human rights workers is arbitrary.

Right(s) Up: Why journalists and advocates push for decriminalization of libel

“The intent of libel is to harass and exhaust. Exhaust our resources and time that we could have been utilizing to perform our work."

Women prisoners demand abolition of cashless system

The disappearance of millions of pesos destroyed the very foundation of the system that prison officials asked them to trust.

State neglects fuel education crisis, student union says

“Class suspensions do not create the learning crisis."

Groups slam ‘visit’ to Misamis Oriental steel company for US military exercise

This activity raises questions about national sovereignty and the increasing US military forces in the country.

The P85 wage standoff

For most workers who live on a tight budget, the suspension of wage hike is more than a legal development. It is a delay in money they had been…

3 anti-mining Nueva Vizcaya residents released on bail, groups decry harassment

Environmental groups condemned the harassment against the people of Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya who continue to defend their land against mining explo…

Cantilan town rejects mining firm’s tree cutting request amid permit expiration

Residents of this town have opposed Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation’s bid for a municipal resolution of no objection for a speci…

Despite opposition, university admin allows state-sponsored red-tagging forum

The real threat comes from state policies and operations by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) that silen…

Free but out of reach? The long wait for public mental health services

If we improve education, if people have jobs, and communities can support them, these all contribute to mental health."

Senior citizens endure long wait for promised support

Senior citizens are having a hard time receiving their cash incentives under the law in a timely manner.

SC issues protection for Negros lawyer, dev’t workers

Supreme Court issued protective writs of amparo and habeas data to a lawyer and development workers based in Negros. Read more.

State surveillance in schools angers teachers

"Sara Duterte must be held accountable for misusing OVP and DepEd funds for operations that have nothing to do with improving the quality of edu…