Garin ‘strongly discourages’ discrimination vs suspected coronavirus patients

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 03/07/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker on Friday said discrimination against those suspected to be positive for the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) should be “strongly discouraged.” Former Health Secretary and now Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin said it is…

Harvard on trial over alleged discrimination against Asians

AFP 10/16/2018

NEW YORK, United States – Harvard University went on trial Monday over an opaque admissions selection process that critics say discriminates against Asian students. A lawsuit has challenged the use of race as a factor in Harvard…

Cebu’s LGBT not yet lobbying for same sex marriage

Futch A. Inso 07/01/2018

Cebu’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community isn’t pushing for the passage of same-sex marriage in the country as of now. Their response came in the wake of the recent Social Weather Station (SWS) survey result…

Quiot Pardo LGBT community seeks passage of anti-discrimination ordinance

Morexette B. Erram 05/26/2018

Members of the LGBT community in Barangay Quiot Pardo has asked the Cebu City Council to craft an anti-discrimination ordinance to give them an equal chance at work and other services. Although they feel respected, they want…

Discrimination concerns raised as LGBTs celebrate Pride Month

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/24/2017

WHILE at least 100 members from the lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community celebrated Pride Month yesterday through a march from Fuente Osmeña Circle to Plaza Sugbo in Cebu City, they also shared their concerns about…

TRANSWOMAN MAKES HISTORY

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/30/2017

MANDAUE CITY’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE Mandaue City has seen its first transwoman march on graduation day looking as how her heart feels — a woman. Hezekiah Diaz, 21, using the city’s anti-discrimination law, is the first ever graduate…

The search is on for Queen Philippines 2017

Apple Ta-as 04/23/2017

PAGEANTS are not just about beauty, it’s also a platform to advance an advocacy, of bringing together different voices calling for love, mutual respect and equality. For Queen Philippines, it’s about fighting for transgender acceptance, continuing the struggle…

LGBTQs, backers march for acceptance, anti-discrimination bill’s support

Morexette Erram 04/08/2017

On its second year, Cebu Pride March is not only calling for acceptance of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community but also for the enactment of the Anti-Discrimination Bill. Around 100 LGBTQ members, advocates,…

Learning from Jose Rizal

Sofia Aliño Logarta 12/28/2016

I am looking forward to our studying nationalist movements because I am eager to share with my grade 7 students in Our Lady of Joy Learning Center the very interesting life of Jose Rizal. Although he lived…

American detained on child abuse charges

Jhunnex Napallacan 10/26/2016

CEBU CITY–An American is now behind bars in Cordova town on Mactan Island after he was arrested on Tuesday afternoon to face charges of child abuse. Maurice Bass, 54, didn’t resist arrest when policemen went to his…

Transgender congresswoman named Inspiring Woman of 2016 by Time

Apple Ta-as 10/17/2016

TIME Magazine has listed Geraldine Roman, Bataan First District representative, as one of the most inspiring women of 2016. Rep. Roman was included for being the first transgender to join the Philippine Congress. The magazine has also…

Fil-Am traces roots to Cebu

Apple Ta-as 06/28/2015

Filipino-American James Beni Wilson spent most of his 25 years wondering about his real parents. As an adopted child growing up in Michigan, USA, he was teased by playmates about his brown skin. “I always thought that…

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