A global inter-governmental organization of parliamentarians will inquire into the reported political persecution of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, whose amnesty was put into question by the Duterte administration. A statement released by detained Senator Leila de Lima’s…
Davao City — President Duterte said yesterday the flaw surrounding the amnesty given to his critic Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was traced to former Defense secretary Voltaire Gazmin, who himself recommended and approved the amnesty for the…
President Rodrigo Duterte has revoked the amnesty granted to Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV. Duterte signed Proclamation 572 on August 31 to revoke the senator’s amnesty given by former president Benigno Aquino III in 2010. In the proclamation,…
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will “seriously consider” giving amnesty to colorum or illegally operating public utility vehicles (PUV) for the benefit of commuters. DOTr Assistant Secretary Mark…
Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak considered as “unfair” a report of Amnesty International about the what seemed to be a human rights crisis in Cebu and other parts of the country. “The police are doing their investigations…
AI says policemen are the top human rights violators in Cebu and other parts of Central Visayas The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas says the AI report is “unacceptable” Alarming. This was how Amnesty International described…
Nearly 7,000 undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia failed to beat the Saudi government’s deadline to voluntarily leave the country. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said these overstaying OFWs will not be jailed but…
The recent debate between the Catholic Church and the Duterte administration in the war against illegal drugs came amid two major developments: one, an Amnesty International report that accused the government of tolerating not only a culture…
BEIRUT — Amnesty International accused Syria’s government on Tuesday of hanging up to 13,000 people at a notorious prison over five years in a “policy of extermination,” two weeks before planned peace talks. Titled “Human Slaughterhouse: Mass…
