#TandemKillings; 5-step guide for firms on #redtagging; ICC seeks more witnesses; CHR's fund lack, unfunded rights laws denounced; Campus journos under attack; Children sold like merch in Angeles bars
Sept. 18, 2024: Philippines human rights news
EXTRAJUDICIAL / SUMMARY KILLINGS
Businesswoman in GenSan shot dead by tandem - Brigada News Philippines
Abra vice mayor killed - RMN Networks
Driver/bodyguard mistaken for his boss killed - Pang-Masa
Rider chased by tandem then shot | Pilipino Star Ngayon
ATTACKS AGAINST ACTIVISTS / CIVIC SPACE / RED-TAGGING
Makabayan denounces cyberattacks vs progressive senatorial bets – Bulatlat
Makabayan lawmaker wants a reduced budget for NTF-Elcac
ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE
Lawyer cites need to fast-track ICC warrant vs Duterte
ICC seeking more witnesses for its probe into Duterte's drug war — lawyer
House probe on extrajudicial killings: Osmeña to testify? | The Freeman
PH House committees to invite ex-Pres. Duterte, Sen. Dela Rosa | ABS-CBN News
DRUG POLICY
PDEA: 93% of Western Visayas villages freed of illegal drugs
Two foreigners, including ex-POGO worker, arrested in anti-drug ops | GMA News Online
2 marijuana couriers land in jail after General Santos road accident | Philstar.com
Harnessing the power of education in the war against drug abuse
Govt should suspend war on illegal drugs until House quad hearings are over | The Manila Times
RIGHTS DEFENDERS
Marcos told: You cry for victims of abuse, but CHR lacks funds
Lawmaker hits unfunded laws in CHR’s proposed 2025 budget | ABS-CBN News
House lawmakers call for human rights budget hike in 2025 | Philstar.com
Solon wants CHR budget proposal for 2025 restored to P1.79-B | Philippine News Agency
CHR aid to human rights victims, witnesses suffer P2.3-M cut in 2025 budget | GMA News Online
Martial Law survivors, human rights defenders prepare for Sept. 21 protest | GMA News Online
Chel Diokno now officially a member of Akbayan Party
MEDIA / PRESS FREEDOM
Campus journalists adapt amid press freedom challenges in Eastern Visayas
Davao journos decry harassment during Quiboloy arrest coverage
Harassment of journos by Quiboloy’s flock came in various forms
DISPLACEMENT
85,000 evacuate as days of rain, floods devastate Negros Occidental
Almost 4,000 families displaced in province, San Enrique declares state of calamity
Over 1,000 families evacuate due to Kanlaon volcano
Bataan coastal community still feels the pain of oil spill disasters
POLICE / MILITARY
‘Ex-PNP chief may have helped Alice Guo escape’ | Philstar.com
Army probes report about Quiboloy using troops as angels of death
Army to check if reservists part of Quiboloy’s ‘angels of death’ | GMA News Online
TERRORISM
2 persons dead in IED blast in Zamboanga del Sur
5 alleged NPA rebels yield to cops in Batangas
ENRIVONMENT / INDIGENOUS PEOPLES / LAND RIGHTS
Double whammy for PH eco warriors | Inquirer Opinion
DETENTION
CHR, BuCor blame each other for delay in strip search policy review
Multiple heinous crime offenders to undergo tests before release — BuCor | GMA News Online
DISABILITY
DSWD vocational center for PWDs get computers, livelihood boost | GMA News Online
HEALTH
DOH worried as dengue cases rise by 68%
Tagoloan chalks highest dengue deaths in Misor
No epidemic yet: rise in dengue cases in Koronadal City ‘alarming’
CHILDREN / CHILD ABUSE / EDUCATION
'Our nation's shame': Marcos says PH must do more to stop online child abuse
Minors sold like merchandise in bars in Angeles City | GMA News Online
NCR parents irked by late class suspension announcements | GMA News Online
Heads of SUCs protest P14-B budget cut, seek more funding
CORRUPTION
PNP intensifies manhunt for Harry Roque | Philstar.com
INTERNATIONAL
View from Manila: In Escoda Shoal, China's cruelty was too much for BRP Teresa Magbanua
Roque: I am not a fugitive | Philstar.com
Over 60 Chinese ships spotted at Escoda after PCG's pullout | ABS-CBN News
US missile system not leaving PH yet
US role pushed to help PH missions, deter China reclamation
