Philippines

Press release: Komunidad Para Sa Tao the Community for Human Development Out of more than 500 organizations/individuals that submitted their proposals to the Psychological Association of the Philippines, Edmongino Camacho of the Medical City and The Community for Human Development,…

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Signatory organizations call on the Aquino government to investigate and prevent the killings and harassment of lawyers in the Philippines. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————-…

Filipino Farmers Share ‘Seeds of Hope’ Human Wrongs Watch By Wilhelmina Pelegrina*, 19 December 2014 — Ecological farmers in the Philippines have pooled their expertise and resources and travelled close to 600 km (370 miles) to help farmers in Dolores, Eastern Samar, get…

Seven years ago, my first cousin, 22-year –old Maricel Mahinay, died from an illness aggravated by severe malnutrition. She was three months pregnant. Her death came two years after her first child had also died from a malnutrition related illness.…

The Marcos Dynasty By Sterling Seagrave Harper & Row, 1988 What a revelation. Like many, I had heard some dubious things about The Marcos family but had not looked into their affairs or read about their times though I was…

Mr. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III Dear Mr. President, As the gentle breeze of the bamboo nose flute reaches you, we raise our plight to your attention as we anticipate your report during your 5th annual State of the Nation Address…