Duterte
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Duterte challenges the International Criminal Court on investigation into extrajudicial killings
Apr 17, 2018NEW YORK — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, April 13 threatened to arrest International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda if she sets foot in the Philippines, to investigate alleged extra-judicial killings under the Philippine war... -
Filipinos join “hands off Syria” protest
Apr 16, 2018LOS ANGELES — Protestors hit the streets less than 24 hours after the US, the UK, and France unleashed an air strike on Syria, in response to an alleged chemical attack on its own people. President Donald... -
Starting April 26, Boracay will temporarily shut down for environmental restoration
Apr 9, 2018Boracay is known to visitors and locals as a stunning Philippine paradise. But starting April 26, the island will be off limits to tourists for six months at the most, after President Duterte approved the total... -
Oakland women “rise, resist, unite” after International Working Women’s Day
Mar 12, 2018OAKLAND, CA — Rise, Resist, Unite was the rallying call to commemorate the 110th International Working Women’s Day anniversary, through a march in Oakland. According to these activists — they rise to protect all women, resist economic exploitation,... -
Akbayan Youth speaks against drug war in the Philippines, advocating for Senate human rights bill
Mar 8, 2018SAN FRANCISCO — This is 22-year-old Justine Balane and 23-year-old Shamah Bulangis of Akbayan Youth, speaking to the Filipino-American community of San Francisco. They came from the annual Students for Sensible Drug Policy conference held in Baltimore,... -
The 1986 EDSA “People Power” Revolution: Fake news?
Mar 1, 2018When Malacanang’s assistant communications secretary Mocha Uson ran a Facebook poll on whether the 1986 EDSA “People Power” revolution that ousted a dictator was “fake news” or real — 84 percent of the 61,800 voters... -
Malaya’s solidarity movement to defeat DU30 dictatorship
Feb 27, 2018NEW YORK — A revolution is brewin among these Filipino-American youths. They say President Duterte’s war on drugs and the alleged human rights violations in the Philippines have brought them together to form a solidarity movement called... -
GABRIELA Fil-Am activists detained in Mindanao
Feb 27, 2018These Fil-Ams, together with members of the international solidarity mission say they’re on a “fact-finding mission” in the Philippines to investigate the massacre of 8 Lumad members in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato in Mindanao. They are... -
Activists wary of Trump-Duterte relationship, US interest in the Philippines
Feb 6, 2018SAN FRANCISCO — The activists cite that ever since the visit of President Donald Trump to the Philippines in November, it has emboldened President Rodrigo Duterte to become ever more hardline on the war on drugs and... -
Protestors call for oust of President Duterte, citing human rights issues, threats
Feb 6, 2018NEW YORK CITY — Change has come to the way protests are made, since the new President is an ally. It wasn’t too long ago when these activist groups in New York supported Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte,...
