LGBTQ+ groups hit Oplan X-Men’s ‘targeted harassment’ against transgender women

Camp Queer points out 'Oplan X-Men' is only one example of the routine denial of transgender people's right to exist in public spaces

LISTEN: H.E.R's sultry new single, 'Comfortable'

You'll want to cozy up with someone after listening to this song

Robin Padilla, Mariel Rodriguez welcome second daughter Gabriela

Mariel gives birth to daughter Gabriela in the US

Military seeks dialogue after lawmakers slammed crackdown on progressive groups

The military deny that they are cracking down on progressive groups, whom they call 'communist terrorists' and whose offices they have raided in recent weeks

Fact-finding team finds irregularities in Negros mass arrests

Bayan Muna spokesperson Teddy Casiño says the raiding team claimed the 'firearms and grenades' were recovered in plain sight – in tables, cabinets and the kitchen sink

Military denies 'harassment' in arresting alleged communist rebels

The Armed Forces of the Philippines says the search warrants issued by a Quezon City trial court judge prove there was probable cause against the suspects

Fact-finding team with 2 congressmen barred from entering Negros police HQ

Congressman Carlos Zarate laments that Colonel Romeo Baleros, the Negros Occidental police provincial chief, 'did not extend basic courtesy ' due fellow government employees

31 released from Negros crackdown on progressive groups

Prosecutors order the release after finding out the suspects were not members of the rebel group New People's Army

In House briefing, AFP, DND accuse Gabriela of being 'communist front'

'Hindi krimen ang maging aktibista. Gabriela Women's Party strongly condemns this clear attempt to criminalize dissent and weaponize the law,' says Gabriela Representative Arlene Brosas

Labor, rights groups condemn 'tokhang-style' raids of activists' offices

(UPDATED) The BPO Industry Employees Network and the Communications Workers of America also call for the release of trade union organizer Mary Anne Krueger, who was among those arrested in Bacolod

Authorities arrest 56 in Bacolod crackdown on militant groups

(UPDATED) Bayan Negros says the firearms recovered from the raids were planted by arresting teams

Makabayan lawmakers push higher budget for CHR amid 'climate of injustice'

'Gusto po sana naming maging priority ng gobyernong ito ang pangangalaga at pagtatanggol sa karapatang pantao,' says Gabriela Representative Arlene Brosas

Esperon sues groups that filed for protection vs gov't harassment

Karapatan slams the National Security Adviser's perjury complaint as another government attack aimed at discrediting their advocacy against human rights violations

Rights groups fail to get court protection from army harassment

'There is no evidence of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, malicious prosecutions, and defamations,' says the Court of Appeals

Makabayan bloc fields Zarate in speakership race

'Panahon na para sa isang Speaker na tunay na makabayan,' says the Makabayan bloc

Finding Gabriela Silang in Abra

I was drawn to Abra's rolling hills and majestic waterfalls. But with the weather not cooperating, I found myself in a historical place instead.

Supreme Court issues writ of amparo in favor of rights groups

(UPDATED) The Supreme Court directs the Court of Appeals to hear the petition of Gabriela, Karapatan, and the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines on June 18

Bayan Muna, 3 other Left groups defy red-tagging, keep House seats

Despite sustained government attacks on their leaders, Bayan Muna, Gabriela, ACT Teachers, and Kabataan manage to win in the party-list race

Other groups follow NUPL lead, ask SC for protection vs red-tagging

One of the petitioners is the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, which is being investigated by the European Union for communist financial links upon the request of the Philippine government

Duterte urged to resign after 'disgusting' confession

(UPDATED) ACT Teachers Representative France Castro calls as 'really disgusting' [and] uncalled for' President Rodrigo Duterte's confession of molesting their maid when he was a teenager

IN PHOTOS: Former Miss Universe queens reunite in Bangkok

Pia Wurtzbach, Natalie Glebova, Iris Mittenaere, and Gabriela Isler are among those who watched Miss Universe 2018 in Thailand

'Victim-blaming’ Duterte should apologize for rape remark

(UPDATED) 'There is rape because there is a rapist, not because of anything about the victim,' says ACT Teachers Representative France Castro

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Groups to hold 'HINDIpendence day' protest on June 12

(UPDATED) The groups cite at least 5 'dire challenges' confronting the nation

Gabriela on Duterte kissing OFW: 'Disgusting theatrics of a misogynist'

The party advocating for women's rights also finds it 'unfortunate' that the OFW had to explain there was 'no malice' in the President's kiss

Makabayan bloc asks SC to allow intervention in petition vs Sereno

The House Makabayan bloc argues that the quo warranto petition seeking to void the Chief Justice's appointment would cause them to be 'deprived of their collective right' to bring the impeachment process to a 'logical conclusion'

'Abante babae:' Thousands march to uphold women's rights

The protest condemns several misogynistic acts of President Rodrigo Duterte and his allies and raises issues such as the welfare and rights of women

What's next for youth after walkout for democracy?

After the youth-led protest last Friday, February 23, 'an even bigger protest' is lined up for March 8, International Women's Day

HRW: Duterte's 'shoot women in vagina' remark violates int'l humanitarian law

The Commission on Human Rights and Gabriela Women's Party say President Rodrigo Duterte's latest lewd remark 'openly encourages violence against women'

SEC closure order vs Rappler a move toward dictatorship - activists

'Closing down Rappler means one less independent media through which environmental advocates can stand up to the oligarchs and corporations that seem to run the Duterte government’s agenda nowadays', a group says

SC orders DOH to answer Dengvaxia petition

The petitioners want the Department of Health to provide free medicine and hospitalization to children vaccinated with Dengvaxia

Aquino, Garin, 7 others on immigration lookout over Dengvaxia

The immigration lookout bulletin order comes after Gabriela filed a graft complaint stemming from the dengue immunization program that began during the Aquino administration

SC petition wants to require gov't to address dengue vaccine risks

The petitioners – activists, mothers, and children – want the Supreme Court to compel the departments of health, education, and local government to provide information and free medicines, among others

Aquino, Garin, Abad, Ochoa face raps over dengue vaccine

The 23-page complaint also implicates private respondents from French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur

Gabriela: Will gov't ask Sanofi to return P3.5 billion?

The progressive group says it will file a resolution calling for a House probe into the Department of Health's dengue immunization program

Gabriela calls for CHR probe of Nasugbu clashes

Gabriela also says the photo of Josephine Lapira's dead body that was released on Facebook belies the AFP's claim that she was brought to a hospital for treatment

OFWs in Hong Kong support marriage dissolution bills

Mission for Migrant Workers say that 8% to 10% of the 2,000 cases the organization handles annually involve female OFWs with marital issues

Ex-Gabriela representative Luz Ilagan is new DSWD undersecretary

President Rodrigo Duterte appoints to the DSWD former Gabriela Women s Partylist Representative Luz Ilagan who also hails from Davao

PNP asks P900M budget for drug war ops for 2018

Gabriela Representative Arlene Brosas refuses to fund what she calls the Philippine National Police s killing spree

FAST FACTS: What makes a Filipino historical figure a national hero?

While there are no laws that officially proclaim a Filipino a national hero there are criteria that determine how a historical figure qualifies as a national hero

Leftist bloc mulls leaving House coalition over martial law

Its allied groups are also planning to challenge the declaration before the Supreme Court

Various sectors hold Labor Day Protest at Liwasang Bonifacio

UPDATED From factory to health workers from farmers to government employees laborers march under the heat of the sun from Welcome Rotonda to Liwasang Bonifacio protesting for their labor rights

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Gabriela hits Alvarez for ‘flaunting’ affair

Gabriela Representatives Arlene Brosas and Emmi de Jesus say it is unbecoming of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez to generalize that all lawyers have extramarital affairs like him

IN PHOTOS: International Women's Day 2017

Women s organizations march along the streets of Manila calling for an end to violence against women and to extrajudicial killings They also seek to oppose the death penalty bill

FULL TEXT: Death penalty not the solution to fix justice system – Brosas

Gabriela Women s Party Representative Arlene Brosas says the possibility is not remote that the death penalty will be used by the state to fabricate charges and manufacture evidence against activists

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Lady lawmakers oppose showing of 'De Lima' video in House probe

The lawmakers believe the plan of their colleagues at the House of Representatives is immaterial to the probe and would only violate the rights of an individual

House to probe coal stockpile in Tondo

Respiratory and skin diseases affect residents of Happyland in Tondo Manila as the nearby stockpile of Rock Energy International Corporation continues its operations

For the 5th time, Gabriela files divorce bill

It is high time that the state give couples in abusive and irreparable marriages the option to divorce says Representative Emmi de Jesus