Shrinking space
(We yield this space to the statement of Altermidya due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
AS the world commemorates World Press Freedom Day, the media...
Uphold freedom of the press
(We yield this space to the collective statement of the Philippine media drafted by the Freedom for Media, Freedom for All or FMFA Network...
Multi-faceted crises hound labor
(We yield this space to the statement of the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights due to its significance. – Ed.)
LABOR rights nongovernment...
Housework
A STUDY of state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) called for policies and programs that give value to “unpaid work”. Unpaid...
Vaccines
DID YOU KNOW that the last week of April is celebrated as World Immunization Week every year? This annual celebration aims to promote the...
Violence against children
WHILE the nation has yet to fully grapple on the surging COVID-19 cases, we cannot exclude other dire ramifications of the pandemic, including the...
Waste segregation at source
AS COVID-19 cases in the country breached the one million mark (with 914,952 recoveries, 16,853 deaths and 74.623 active cases), a waste and pollution watchdog...
Bigger IRA
THE GOVERNMENT may cut back on or “unfund” some of the programs, activities and projects (PAPs) in the budgets of some national government agencies...
Climate justice
ENVIRONMENTAL and human rights groups marked this year’s recent Earth Day by calling on the government to prioritize the systemic changes needed to protect...
Crackdown on civic space
(Due to its significance, we yield this space to the bulletin from ProtectDefenders.eu, the European Union Human Rights Defenders mechanism established to protect defenders...