On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the many milestones on the road to women empowerment, and we recommit ourselves to continue the fight for the rights and equal opportunities of women and girls around the world.

“Sadyang nakakapanuya, kung di man nakakapangilabot, na matapos matanggihan sa hinihinging proteksyon mula sa korte, kinakaharap naman ngayon ng isang grupo ng mga aktibista at human rights defenders ang kasong perjury na isinampa ng matataas na security official ng bansa. Muli nating nakikita ngayon ang lakas ng mga Goliath na

Mr. President, Article 6, Section 12 of the Constitution provides:“All Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall, upon assumption of office, make a full disclosure of their financial and business interests. They shall notify the House concerned of a potential conflict of interest that may arise from

Good afternoon. “Worse than the Japanese occupation”. This was how a 92-year-old farmer described the effects of the Rice Tariffication Law. She knows whereof she speaks because she was a Huk warrior at the bloody retaking of the old Pampanga Sugar Mill garrison from the Japanese. Aside from quoting his

Mr. President, if we pass this resolution, Senate Resolution 337, it will therefore authorize the Senate President to bring the case before the Supreme Court. Just to clarify, Mr. President, for the record, it is incorrect to say that this is the first time that such a case or the

Mr. President, distinguished colleagues: First, we thank Senator Ping Lacson for his diligence in shepherding this measure, and for his patience in answering all our questions with regard to it. We recognize the hours of reading, research, and interviews that went in the crafting, sponsorship, and finally defense of the

ON EDSA PEOPLE POWER ANNIVERSARYSFNP: Syempre ginugunita natin ngayon ang People Power, Feb. 25. Napakahalagang pangyayari sa ating bansa na nagkaisa ang ating mga kababayan para iwaksi ang pang-aabuso at pagmamalabis ng kapangyarihan ng isang diktador. [Napatunayan] natin na kaya nating harapin at tutulan ang pang-aabuso at pagmamalabis, ang corruption.

Ang lahat nag-umpisang hindi mulat. Ang totoo, mas marami ang hindi “politicized” at hindi interesado sa kaganapan sa pulitika. Believe it or not, once upon a time, isa akong “apolitical at indifferent” na UP student nung 1980s.

The reality of lawfare does not operate in a vacuum. It operates within a system of justice and institutions that are inherently weak, and oftentimes inutile.