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Forum: Unabated Murders in the Philippines May Be Stopped through Internatl & Local Pressure
By Marivir R. Montebon Given the magnitude of the killings, and the seeming dysfunction of the systems of government, the people and the international community must put pressure that these killings must stop. – Phelim Kine, Human Rights Watch New York City – The first Community Kapihan of the Fil-Am Press Club of New […]
US Rights Groups: Vigilance is Key to Protecting Democracy
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – The 45th year of the commemoration of Martial Law in the Philippines has gotten more skeletons out of the closet. A US-based human rights group said that “vigilance is the price of democracy” and lambasted human rights groups in the US and the Philippines who allied […]
Fil lawyers: Socioeconomic stakes are high with the rescinding of DACA
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – Filipino lawyers warned against the social cost of rescinding the Deferred ActionFor Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Immigration lawyer Nicolas Caraquel said, “With DACA being rescinded, all those will soon be gone. Work permits cannot be renewed as well as their opportunity to legally earn. While USCIS will not […]
Charlottesville Chaos: Filipino Women Speak Against Racism, Sexism in the US
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – Mindful of the racial chaos in Charlottesville that claimed the lives of three people, the Consul General of New York Maria Theresa De Vega called on to Filipinos in the East Coast to keep calm and respect human rights at all times. At the ConGen Hour on […]
Rosca and Robinson: Fake News Should End With You
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon Fake News inspires hate. The first defense in the deluge of fake news is to continue writing excellent news reports, doing follow-up stories as they develop. And trolls must be blocked. A few weeks ago, I received a private message from my aunt asking the veracity of […]
Rosca: Social Media Could be a Tool for Social Justice
By Leani M. Auxilio Digital Content Editor New York City — International novelist and feminist Ninotchka Rosca in a recent forum at the United Nations said that social media could be a powerful tool for social justice. She said that with the advent of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn people are no longer at the mercy […]
OSM! Honors Women’s Works
New York City — The OSM! online magazine celebrates International Women’s Day today by honoring women and their work. Foremost of these honorees are six women authors named by Ranker.com as among the 48 top contemporary Philippine writers. They are Lualhati Bautista (writer of Dekada ’70, Bata, Bata, Pa’no Ka Ginawa?, and ‘GAPÔ), Maria […]
AF3IRM NY Celebrates Women’s Month in Feminist Arts, Lectures
New York City — The transnational feminist organization AF3IRM will commemorate March as International Women’s Month on March 7, 2015 through a cultural exchange of arts, poetry, and a lecture-conversation on theory building. Called the ‘Happy Hour Against the Patriarchy’, AF3IRM New York will share excerpts of their member’s books and journals, render songs, read poems, and […]
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