martial law

NEW 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...

Human 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...

September 21 marks the anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the Philippines. 46 years after the declaration of martial law, activists still recall the atmosphere in the Philippines during their youth. About a dozen activists...

These 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...

NEW YORK — The projections on the walls of the Philippine consulate in New York City just about sum up what these Filipino activists are protesting against — the president of the Philippines. “In the last two...

The slapping of red hands on the face of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is to symbolize the blood he has spilled in his war against drugs and his call of martial law in Mindanao. Located right...

With massive crowds expected to gather in various cities all over the Philippines on Thursday to rally for their opposing views on a revolutionary government, Fil-Am leaders are weighing in on the issue. On the day...

NEW YORK — “I met a man, a dictator, but a human being.” That’s New York educator and actress Lorli Villanueva, known to many for her TV soap commercial “Maxima Labandera.” The multi-genre character actress has...

NEW YORK — Filipina investigative journalist Raissa Robles is on a US tour promoting her book called “Marcos Martial Law: Never Again.” “It is meant actually to break the silence on the torture and atrocities that...

Philippine foreign affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano addressed the United Nations General Assembly for the first time over the weekend. He asked the international community to give president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs the benefit of...