Reds dismiss amnesty offer; Court frees activist; Storm displaces 1000s; 'Mass graves' in jail; First PH menstruation ordinance; Exploitative kafala system; Marcos to meet EU pres; Why Imelda endures
July 28, 2023: Philippines human rights news
DRUG WAR / POLICE CORRUPTION
PNP: 15 of 18 cops keep post despite Marcos’ acceptance of resignations
PIA - BIDA Program: Empowering Communities, Humanely Eradicating Drugs
COMMUNISTS INSURGENCY
Reds dismiss Marcos Jr. offer of amnesty as ‘treacherous’ - Bulatlat
NTF-ELCAC condemns rebels' rejection of PBBM's amnesty offer | Philippine News Agency
ATTACKS AGAINST ACTIVISTS
Manila court acquits Reina Mae Nasino, others of criminal charges
DETENTION
Remulla: More mass graves may be inside Bilibid
Church seeks probe into Filipino prisoner's chopped body - UCA News
CONFLICT / PEACE PROCESS
On Marcos’ ‘Marawi is rising,’ CSO leader says ‘allow us to go home’
Moro Consensus: Maranaos should be allowed to return to Marawi
DISPLACEMENT
More than 59,000 people affected by typhoon Egay | ABS-CBN News
12,800 families affected by torrential rains
CHILDREN / EDUCATION
WB report on PH education ‘alarming,’ says Gatchalian - Manila Standard
DepEd to launch recalibrated K-10 curriculum in August | Inquirer News
WOMEN
NVizcaya board okays menstrual privilege ordinance, first in PH | The Manila Times
LABOR / MIGRATION
The kafala system - Kuwait Times
POLITICS / CORRUPTION
How Imelda Became the Philippines’ Most Enduring Marcos | Time
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
State of national emergency due to lawless violence in Mindanao lifted | Inquirer News
2,522 village execs own 3,041 loose guns | Philstar.com
INTERNATIONAL ACTORS
Marcos to meet European Commission president in Manila
China proposes war games with PH; AFP eyes more ‘multi-role’ hardware - Manila Standard
President doubts Senate WPS bill would reach UN - Manila Standard
PH to raise issue of Filipinos on death row in Malaysia during October meeting