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On International Human Rights Day, activists call for end to abuses in the Philippines
Dec 12, 2018Throughout northern and southern California, Filipinos raised awareness on U.S. and Philippine issues as it joined several actions. In San Mateo, members of the Filipino American Human Rights Alliance joined a multicultural celebration of the 70th... -
Activists protest US aid to Philippine National Police
Dec 12, 2018Human rights defenders also marched to the Trump tower to send US President Donald Trump a message: to stop sending $184.5 million worth of US aid to the Philippine National Police and armed forces of the... -
Anti-China protestors hope U.S. bill can help West Philippine Sea claims
Nov 28, 2018LOS ANGELES — A week after Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and his Chinese counterpart Ji Xingpin met Philippine activists were back on the streets. “We would like to remind the chinese government the Philippines has territorial... -
A year after Marawi siege, delayed peace negotiations in Mindanao
Nov 26, 2018NEW YORK CITY — For a quarter of a century now – the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, or OPAPP, has and continues to find ways to bring peace in Mindanao. But... -
Activists protest recent Philippines-China agreement deal concerning West Philippine Sea
Nov 25, 2018As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met with Chinese President Xi Jinping to announce a series of agreements, Filipinos in California hit the streets in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The memorandum of agreements between the two... -
VP Leni Robredo: Democracies are facing fierce challenges to their legitimacy
Oct 18, 2018Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo, who was in Washington DC on Thursday, said that democracies are facing fierce challenges today, but it’s up to the people to stop the return of tyrannical rulers and keep the flames... -
Malaya Movement vs. Duterte supporters clashed at PNP launch
Oct 8, 2018NEW YORK — In an effort to improve its image globally and enhance trust between the Philippine National Police and Filipino communities in the US, PNP superintendent Rhodel Sermonia launched the new Global Police Community Relations program... -
PH Sec. Cayetano: “We are on track in salvaging our deteriorating country from becoming a narco-state”
Oct 1, 2018NEW YORK, NY — Before the international community on Saturday, during his speech at the 73rd United Nation General Assembly in New York, Philippine secretary of foreign affairs Alan Cayetano once again defended the government’s war on... -
International People’s Tribunal convicts Duterte of human rights violations
Sep 27, 2018Human rights activist Beth Dollaga was an observer at the International People’s Tribunal in Brussels, Belgium, where Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was found guilty of human rights violations in the country. Dollaga, together with other human... -
PNP launches global community relations in U.S.
Sep 25, 2018LOS ANGELES — The Philippine National Police is reaching out to overseas Filipinos with its global Police Community Relations program. They’ve been criticized by many for their role in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. But the...
