AFP soldiers abduct 4-year old boy
- Published: 31 May 2021 31 May 2021
Four-year old MJ was forcibly abducted by armed elements of the 203rd Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on 12 May in Rizal town, Occidental Mindoro. About 10 soldiers broke into the home of the Fernandez family, guardians of MJ, at around 7:00pm, aimed their guns at family members and forcibly grabbed the boy. The soldiers overpowered the Fernandez family and hastily drove away, almost running over the guardians.
NDFP forces denounce intensifying attacks against Dumagats
- Published: 31 May 2021 31 May 2021
Macario Liwanag, Rizal province spokesperson of the New People’s Army, reported how local police forces and the 80th Infantry Battalion – Armed Forces of the Philippines summoned 30 indigenous Dumagats on 29 April to Antipolo City to supposedly receive financial aid from the Duterte government. The Dumagats, however, were promptly arrested and charged with ‘association’ with the revolutionary movement in Rizal province.
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Four years after Marawi War, hundreds of thousands still homeless
- Published: 31 May 2021 31 May 2021
The people of Marawi, four years after the Duterte terrorist war and bombing in May 2017, still suffer with more than 320,000 people remaining homeless. They remain in evacuation centers without the basic needs for health and protection against Covid-19.
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Canadian Parliament holds briefing on Philippines rights situation
- Published: 15 May 2021 15 May 2021
Acting on increasing concerns of Canadians and the international community on the deteriorating human rights situation in the Philippines, the International Human Rights Subcommittee of the House of Commons of Canada conducted a briefing on 4 May 2021 with experts and human rights advocates from the Philippines and Canada.
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State terror intensifies: Town administrator killed, political detainee succumbs to Covid-19
- Published: 15 May 2021 15 May 2021
John Heredia, Municipal administrator of Pilar town in Capiz province and former broadcast journalist, was gunned down in broad daylight and in front of several eyewitnesses on 2 May 2021 in the provincial capital Roxas City. He was pronounced dead on arrival in a nearby hospital.
Duterte ‘terrorist list’ condemned
- Published: 15 May 2021 15 May 2021
The 12 May publication by the Duterte government’s Anti-Terrorism Council of a resolution designating 19 alleged Central Committee members of the Communist Party of the Philippines as terrorists was met by fierce condemnation. CPP Founding Chairman Prof. Jose Maria Sison described it as “a violation of international legal standards and the Manila government’s own Hernandez political offense doctrine.”
Philippines COVID-19 cases and variants spread uncontrolled
- Published: 15 May 2021 15 May 2021
The number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the Philippines continue to rise, the World Health Organization describing “large scale community transmission” in Metro Manila, Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon regions and “localized community transmission” at the national level. The number of cases in the country continues to be the biggest in Southeast Asia and one of the biggest in the world.
Read more: Philippines COVID-19 cases and variants spread uncontrolled