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The NUPL said that while the petition is pending, their members continue to face threats to life, liberty and security committed by the respondents, state agents, their proxies, enablers and supporters in different forms and platforms.

The Mutual Defense Treaty is an “ironclad” commitment which the United States will keep even with the Philippines’ territorial dispute with China over the South China Sea.

A few days ago, I visited Siargao, eight months into the island’s recovery from the immense damage caused by Typhoon Odette.

“As a prosecutor who claimed to have worked as a lawyer of the DAR, she should have known or she should ought to know that an agrarian dispute exists in our case and therefore should have referred the matter to the DAR as repeatedly moved to by our lawyers."

The 83 Tinang farmers and their supporters are considering filing counter-charges against the Tarlac police for their alleged violent arrest during a ceremonial cultivation of land or "bungkalan.”

As of 4 p.m., 47 out of the 83 detained have already been released.

'ODETTE' DAMAGE. The Siargao Island Protected Landscape and Seascape three months after Typhoon Odette. The US government, through USAID, is committed to helping accelerate rehabilitation efforts in the protected area known to exhibit wide biological diversity. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in Manila) MANILA - As part of its overall response to Typhoon Odette, the United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional PHP17.5...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → April → 27 → Amid threats to life, lawyers continue to fight for justice Amid threats to life, lawyers continue to fight for justice Lawyers Czarina Musni, Jobert Pahilga, Catherine Salucon and Angelo Karlo Guillen. “State forces will always be there to call us into submission, to prevent us from performing our sworn duties as lawyers. But I come to realize that there is no other way to stop the rights violations but to fight. Fight th...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2020 → December → 24 → Farmers in Lupang Ramos successful vs. threats of eviction days before Christmas Farmers in Lupang Ramos successful vs. threats of eviction days before Christmas Supporters from different sectors and organizations stage a protest in front of the NGCP office in Dasmarinas, December 21, 2020. (Photo courtesy of Gabriela Youth-Laguna) “This is a big victory for us because we were able to defend our rights to the land that ...