Tag: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Marcos faces ‘vintage’ land reform problems
Marcos Jr. remains quiet on his plans for land reform as he faces a tall order in implementing the long overdue program
Human Rights Watch raises alarm over enforced disappearances
Conde lambasted the infectivity of the law against enforced disappearances – the first in Asia – that Congress enacted in 2012.
Unfinished business: Philippines’ land reform program
Aging and in their twilight years, farmers interviewed by TFM lament the frustratingly slow land distribution process
Fight historical distortion amidst de facto martial law, says Catholic bishop
The prelate said the “plot to whitewash and deodorize Marcos dictatorship” is now happening in a “de facto martial law”
Philippine groups renew calls to repeal Anti-Terror Law on 51st Martial...
The groups condemned the "weaponization" of the law, citing its ambiguous and sweeping definitions, which are used to silence dissenters
Marcos Jr. urged to investigate ‘abduction’ of environmental defenders, political activists
Human rights groups challenged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to conduct an investigation into the alleged abduction and enforced disappearances of activists.
The groups made the...
Protestant Council calls for transparency over top Philippine officials’ confidential funds
The office of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sought P2.25 billion in confidential funds and P2.3 billion in intelligence funds
Farmers, consumers: BBM’s rice price ceiling still too high
KMP said Marcos was obligated to order a price ceiling after the retail prices of rice spiked to as high as P50 to P60 in the past weeks
In the Philippines, justice remains elusive for victims of enforced disappearances
Despite the enactment of the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012, “enforced disappearances have not stopped”
Groups defend artist from QCPD’s ‘harassment suit’
CAP said the lawsuit is an attack on freedom of expression and the right of the people to redress and expression of grievance
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