Killing of teens alarms rights comm; Village chief shot dead, election season starts; More #drugwar violence; Police abuse: Defund the PNP?; Attacks against activists denounced; Teenage pregnancy up
August 29, 2023: Philippines human rights news
EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY, ARBITRARY KILLINGS / “DRUG WAR”
CHR alarmed by teen shootings involving police | Inquirer News
Village chief shot dead in Albay town hours after filing COC | Inquirer News
Ex-drug convict slain by riding-in-tandem in Quezon | Inquirer News
Fear remains in Ompad household days after killing of 15-year-old John Frances | Inquirer News
Gov’t urged to scrap drug war instead of police arrest quotas - BusinessWorld Online
POLIC ABUSE
Fear remains in Ompad household days after killing of 15-year-old John Frances | Inquirer News
Minor reportedly beaten, kicked by Navotas maritime police | GMA News Online
Ex-cop in road rage clip stripped of gun license | Inquirer News
Biker in fear for his life after clash with gun-toting retired cop - Fortun | Inquirer News
Cavite cop sacked for hitting man with gun | Philstar.com
[OPINION] Really defunding and abolishing the police
ATTACK AGAINST ACTIVISTS
Farmer rights advocates, artists raise funds for bail of detained Negros activist - Bulatlat
'Charges vs. effigy artist, an attack against free expression' - artists, progressives - Bulatlat
Local, int’l groups denounce harassment of Filipino rights defenders - Bulatlat
Global rights groups assail terror law misuse | Philstar.com
Remulla vows DOJ objectivity as member of ATC, NTF-Elcac | Inquirer News
COMMUNIST INSURGENCY
Army vows to aggressively pursue NPA remnants
NPA bomb-maker, accomplice nabbed in Batangas | The Manila Times
Soldiers even up fight with NPA rebels | The Manila Times
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Marines help in securing Cotabato as tensions rise on Day 1 of candidacy filing
Village chief shot dead in Albay town hours after filing COC | Inquirer News
Elections gun ban starts today
Comelec awaits PNP’s guidance on election ‘hot spot’ areas | Philippine News Agency
Philippines enters election period for 2023 barangay, SK polls
BARMM police, Marines tighten security ahead of BSK elections
3 held for gun ban violation | Philstar.com
LABOR / MIGRATION
3 illegally recruited Filipino women repatriated after imprisonment in China | Inquirer News
Philippines to pursue migrant workers’ welfare at ASEAN-GCC Summit | Arab News
Critics slam new travel policy as added burden | Inquirer News
CHILDREN
Popcom-10: ‘Teen moms are impregnated by persons 5 years older’
22.7 million students gear up for new school year
HEALTH
DOH rules impact midwives, choices in pregnancy care
Church healthcare commission works with gov't to fight TB, HIV | Philippine News Agency
7 Mindanao journalists are PPI breast cancer reporting fellows
INTERNATIONAL
AFP chief rejects joint military drills with China | ABS-CBN News