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The Makabayan bloc led by House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro has refiled House Bill No. 5753 or the proposed Free and Discounted Funeral Services bill. Castro said the bill seeks to respond to the needs of indigent citizens who find funeral services dif

ILOILO CITY – A court has dismissed the case against 41 activists and a lawyer for holding a protest while this city was at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown more than two years ago. Judge Radney Reginaldo Garcia of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MCTC-Branch 7) said the protest was merely

“In their eyes, we are all communists if we advocate for human rights and protection of civil liberties. My message to Badoy, the victims and families of all your red-tagging will go after you. We will not stop until you are convicted and jailed."

Efforts on the part of the present government to counter insurgency should include respect for the right to dissent, to due process and to the rule of law.

Given how political and business interests have aligned themselves with the current administration, it is uncertain how long proverbial faucets will have to be left running to reach clarity on the issue of water privatization.

The Department of Justice has dismissed for lack of merit the cyber libel charges against a former Bayan Muna party-list representative and three leaders of the Gabriela Women’s Party over alleged defamatory and libelous statements against the police in 2021.

DOJ prosecutors dismissed the complaint filed by the CIDG in San Fernando, Pampanga for lack of merit. The resolution approved by Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento was signed on May 12.

Fisherfolk and some organizations staged a protest rally against the Navotas Coastal Bay Reclamation Project in Navotas City on Monday, Sept. 5. The Navotas City Police Station (NCPS) said a total of 125 protesters from the Kabataan Partylist, Gabriela Women's Party, Bayan Muna, Samahan ng Manging

Progressives welcomed Sen. Loren Legarda’s call to resume the peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.

Duterte Youth wants to outlaw the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New Peoples Army and the National Democratic Front. But is their proposal constitutional to begin with?