war on drugs

SAN FRANCISCO — Young Filipinos gather to witness these flip-top rap battles. And for rapper BLKD — who generates millions of views when he battles — it is a way to showcase his talents. “Battle rap...

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney addresses the Filipino community on a recent decision made by his fellow elected leaders. The Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve a resolution condemning the Philippine drug war,...

PHILIPPINES — A number of Filipino journalists and lawyers are behind a plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte — according to a matrix published by The Manila Times on Monday. The report supposedly details a closely...

OAKLAND, CA — BLKD and Calix performed in front of a crowd of Filipino Americans in Oakland. Their music is influenced by the real stories of the thousands of victims from the war on drugs taking...

WASHINGTON DC — “No justice, no peace, stop the killings in the Philippines!” Their loud chants filled the historic Hart Senate office building atrium – where some of the biggest and consequential protests in Washington DC’s...

WASHINGTON DC — From the east coast to the west, hundreds of Filipino activists and their allies trooped to the nation’s capital to send a loud message to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. A die-in protest at...

LOS ANGELES — The director of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority met with Fil-Am business leaders. The Philippines is hoping business can boom. The Philippine Economic Zone Authority paid a visit to the Los Angeles Filipino American...

SAN FRANCISCO — Fil-Am journalist Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of Rappler, has been preaching for the protection of press freedom. She and her newsgroup have been a favorite target of attacks by President Rodrigo Duterte and his...

Philippines researcher for Human Rights Watch, Carlos Conde, took a swipe at President Rodrigo Duterte’s authoritarian tendencies. “So you have this climate of intimidation, harassment, fear — not just against activists, but also against people who...

This is the first time that BAYAN secretary general Renato Reyes met with drug users. Reyes told the packed crowd at the office of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, or Vandu, that he was...