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Solon seeks probe into Toboso clash

A House resolution has been filed seeking a congressional inquiry into the deadly military operation in Negros Occidental that left 19 people dead, including...

Pangilinan seeks probe into N. Occidental clash

An independent Senate investigation is being sought by Senator Francis Pangilinan following an armed encounter in Negros Occidental that claimed 19 lives. Pangilinan on Wednesday...

El Salvador holds trial of 486 alleged gang members

SAN SALVADOR – Around 490 alleged members of the powerful Central American gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), including several alleged leaders, went on trial collectively...

Amnesty warns ‘predator’ leaders seek to impose new ‘world order’

LONDON – The leaders of the United States, Israel and Russia are seeking to impose a new “predatory” world order while most countries are...

Public Dissent

Members of the human rights alliance Karapatan hold a protest in front of the DILG-Napolcom Center on Friday, April 17, 2026, condemning the surge...

US-supported airstrikes leave Ecuador border towns in fear

LAGO AGRIO,  Ecuador – A US-backed crackdown on drug cartels along the Ecuador-Colombia border has sparked accusations that security forces bombed farms, burned homes...

Extraordinary ‘Hypocrisy’

House Senior Deputy Minority Leader and Mamamayang Liberal party-list Rep. Leila de Lima hit the apparent ‘hypocrisy’ behind the adoption of Senate Resolution No....

China blasts ‘colonial’ Australia, New Zealand

SYDNEY – China condemned Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday for “colonial-style arrogance” and poor treatment of Indigenous people after a joint statement by...

Rituals of resilience: How Afghan women remain sane in their ‘cage’

KABUL – They feel imprisoned “like a bird whose wings have been torn off” but struggle on, defiant in their own way. Five Afghan women...

Pushing Back

Filipino photojournalists on Thursday defended the integrity of their images, some of which have been presented by the prosecution team at the International Criminal...

For Women’s Rights

Members of women’s alliance GABRIELA and allied groups hold a mass dance protest and advocacy run during ‘One Billion Rising Philippines 2026’ at UP...

Army gets kudos over Fil-Am girl’s safe return to US

THE family of rescued Filipina-American Chantal Anicoche has expressed gratitude to the Philippine military for her safe return to the United States. The message of...

Venezuelan activist ends ‘1,675 dark days’ of suffering in prison

CARACAS – A renowned Venezuelan human rights activist was freed Sunday (Monday, Manila time) after more than four years in a notorious Caracas prison,...

Iran warns vs. ‘instability’ as US strike group arrives

PARIS—Iran’s president has warned US “threats” against the Islamic republic would only cause instability, as a US naval strike group led by an aircraft...
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