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Duterte Arrested on ICC Warrant
Ex-President Charged with Crimes Against Humanity
The arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his transfer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is a historic step toward justice, Human Rights Watch said today.
On March 11, Philippine authorities acting on an...
Love, Social Justice & Corporate Social Responsibility in the time of global challenges
“There she is,” the woman in the car told her son, as she pointed to a petite and thin sampaguita garland vendor sitting on the stone steps of Mercury Drug in Scout Borromeo, Quezon City.
Rising, the vendor’s pale, harried face dissolved into...
Workers’ coalition calls on government to extend urgent legal assistance to undocumented Filipinos in the U.S.
This week, leaders of the NAGKAISA Labor Coalition met with representatives from the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) in Manila to discuss, among others, the challenges faced by Filipino workers in the United States, particularly those who are undocumented.
The meeting shed light...
Labor group welcomes suspension of cashless toll policy; questions TRB’s “bias toward toll operators”
The NAGKAISA Labor Coalition has welcomed the suspension of the mandatory cashless toll collection system, citing its unfair impact on low-income motorists.
“This is a win for our advocacy and will benefit workers and motorists who will be burdened by an anti-poor policy. We...
Global human rights abuse tracker spurns government anew for charging activists, civil society groups with financing terrorism
Human Rights Watch—an independent organization that investigates and reports on human rights abuses around the world—has criticized Philippine authorities for “filing baseless terrorism financing charges against civil society groups and activists.”
The global human rights abuse tracker added that the charges were apparently filed...
Labor groups welcome House’s P200 wage hike proposal; PBBM says proposal needs more study
With Congress set to go on recess next week to give way to the election campaign period, labor groups race against time to have the wage hike proposal for workers enacted into law.
Various labor groups welcomed the House of Representatives’ proposal for a...
