NEW YORK – The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation should immediately investigate the latest killing of a witness to the November 2009 massacre of at least 58 people in Maguindanao province, Mindanao, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the government to act swiftly to protect witnesses and their families.
An unidentified gunman shot and killed Suwaib Upham, …

The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today contradicted the claim of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile that the Philippines has a lot to lose with the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement.
“Before US bases were booted out in 1991, there was talk that the Philippines would be on the losing end if the bases were shut down. They were of …

The recent decision of the Supreme Court ordering the transfer of rape convict US Cpl. Daniel Smith to a Philippine detention facility at the same time upholding the constitutionality of the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) fails to give justice to the Filipino people’s struggle for national dignity and sovereignty.
The Supreme Court, by ordering the Department of Foreign Affairs …