Global unions call anew to end extrajudicial killings in the Philippines
- Published: 15 December 2021 15 December 2021
The Council of Global Unions declared this year’s Human Rights Day on 10 December as a global day of action for the international trade union movement to focus on the Philippines where, it stated, “there is a systematic campaign against labour and human rights defenders.” The CGU urged its global trade union affiliates to organize protest actions in front of Philippine embassies in their respective countries and solidarity actions for Philippine workers’ unions.
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Duterte government blocks travel of Nobel Peace Prize awardee
- Published: 15 December 2021 15 December 2021
The government of President Rodrigo Duterte demanded that Philippine journalist Maria Ressa be prohibited from travelling to Oslo, Norway to receive the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on 10 December. Duterte’s Solicitor General Jose Calida petitioned the Court of Appeals on 25 November to reject Ms. Ressa’s request to travel, saying she is “considered a flight risk” as seen in her “recurring criticisms of the Philippine legal processes.”
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Duterte ‘anti-communist war’ riddled with corruption
- Published: 15 December 2021 15 December 2021
The Duterte government’s so-called war against communism, spearheaded by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, is riddled with corruption, a regional spokesperson of the New People’s Army recently revealed.
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Human rights defenders, victims’ families protest suspension of ICC probe on Duterte ‘drug war’
- Published: 30 November 2021 30 November 2021
Human rights advocates, families of victims and Philippine legal experts are protesting the suspension by the International Criminal Court of its investigations on alleged crimes against humanity in relation to President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’.
CPP denounces COP26 failure
- Published: 30 November 2021 30 November 2021
The Communist Party of the Philippines denounced the recently concluded 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in its “failure to take decisive action to reverse the rapid rise in the earth’s temperature, resulting in disastrous floods, landslides, droughts, heatwaves, super typhoons, forest fires and rising sea levels.”
Workers suffer more under Duterte during the pandemic
- Published: 30 November 2021 30 November 2021
In 2021, Philippine workers have been fighting for decent wages and job security amid the pandemic. As early as January, workers’ unions and associations have already demanded a PhP100 subsidy (about US$2) to augment their daily wage. On 7 November, the Makabayan parliamentary bloc proposed laws for wage increases amid continuous increases in petroleum prices over the past 10 weeks and the worsening crisis caused by the pandemic.
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Pilgrims for Peace demand transparency on Ka Oris, Ka Pika killings
- Published: 15 November 2021 15 November 2021
The Pilgrims for Peace alliance of Philippine religious leaders and academics called on the Duterte government on 12 November for the release of “the full, complete, and authentic information and documentation in the killing of Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlos and Eighfel “Ka Pila” dela Peña.
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