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Bishop Joel “Bong” Baylon (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Bishop Joel Baylon, chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care, said PDLs should be included because they are vulnerable to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) due to the situation in the country’s jails. “It goes without saying that even PDLs deserve to receive assistance just like any other ordinary citizen, especially because their situation (in many congested jails) makes them ever vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus,” he said in an interview Wednesday, March 3....

2 Northern Mindanao areas positive for red tide THE latest shellfish bulletin from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) includes Murcielagos Bay and Ozamiz City in Misamis Occidental, and Taguines Lagoon in Camiguin among the areas positive for red tide contamination. Shellfish harvested in these areas, both located in the Northern Mindanao Region, are unfit for human consumption. Several sites that are still contaminated for red tide include Inner Malampaya Sound, Palawan; Sorsogon Bay, Sorsogon; Dauis and Tagbilaran, Bohol; Tambobo Bay in Negros Oriental; and Daram Island, Z...

(Unsplash / FILE PHOTO) Kapatid, a support group for families and friends of political prisoners, said 41-year-old Elizabeth Estilon was arrested on “trumped-up cases” of violation of the Anti-Terror Law, and illegal possession of firearms and explosives. “Elizabeth Estilon is about to give birth at the end of the month or the first week of March. We ask the government to give her immediate medical attention and free her from prison now,” said Kapatid spokesperson Fides Lim in a statement. “Seriously heed our call to avoid the incidents involving the deaths of the infants of politic...

Group asks CHR to probe death of detainee's newborn child in Negros Oriental enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 18) -- The Commission on Human Rights is being urged to look into the death of a detainee's barely month-old child, and probe the government's possible non-compliance with international rules on the treatment of imprisoned mothers. Kapatid, a support group for families and friends of political prisoners, made the appeal to CHR on Thursday following the death of detainee Nona Espinosa's newborn child, Baby Carlen. Kapatid said the child died la...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → February → 17 → Police files kidnapping raps against 7 Lumad students, teachers Police files kidnapping raps against 7 Lumad students, teachers By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – Police filed kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges against seven individuals arrested in a raid at the University of San Carlos-Talamban campus in Cebu City on Feb. 15, according to Save our Schools Network (SOS)-Cebu. Three adult Lumad students, two teachers, and two datus (tribe leaders) were subjected to inquest proceedings online at Police Region...