MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Saturday reiterated her call urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to release her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, on “humanitarian considerations,” emphasizing that his continued detention amid “troubling conditions”…
LOS ANGELES – Maximo Londonio, a Filipino green card holder who was released recently after nearly two months of detention at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington, on Thursday thanked those who worked for his…
NEW YORK — Filipino union leader Maximo Londonio has been placed in solitary confinement at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Wash., with advocacy groups alleging he is being targeted by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in…
NEW YORK — Dhenmark Francisco, a Filipino nurse assistant detained in the United States, has been released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody and has self-deported back to the Philippines, according to the Philippine Consulate General in New York.…
NEW YORK — Filipino American migrant advocacy organizations are raising concerns over the treatment of Filipino green card holders in ICE detention centers, accusing the Philippine government of neglecting its duty to protect its citizens. A virtual…
IRIGA CITY, Camarines Sur, Philippines — Savoring her regained freedom with a visit to her ancestral home here, former Sen. Leila de Lima looked back at her almost seven-year detention at Camp Crame in Quezon City as…
MANILA, Philippines – “It’s reckoning time.” These are the words uttered by former Senator Leila de Lima to her “persecutors.” De Lima, who was released on bail on Monday, told former president Rodrigo Duterte on Friday to…
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Gang members in a women’s prison in Honduras slaughtered 46 other women inmates by spraying them with gunfire, hacking them with machetes and then locking survivors in their cells and dousing them with flammable…
The lawyers for detained journalist Lady Ann Salem have asked a Mandaluyong City court to order her immediate release from detention following the dismissal last week of the criminal case filed against her and a union organizer.…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Concerned by the increasing number of virus-affected individuals at the Mandaue City Jail, Mayor Jonas Cortes issued an Executive Order on Friday, May 1, 2020, for the creation of protocols that will be…
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental–A woman just released from detention was shot dead by still unidentified suspects riding in tandem on Thursday morning, January 30, 2020, in Barangay Poblacion, Bayawan City. Police Lieutenant Colonel Alfonso Enriquez, officer-in-charge of…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 16-year-old boy, who was visiting a friend detained at the San Nicolas Police Precinct detention cell, was allegedly caught handing over a wallet containing suspected shabu to his friend at past 2…
