, by BUAN Lian
24-hour curfews are outright denials of the right to travel and movement, human rights lawyers say
MANILA, Philippines – Under a state of public health emergency and in a lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak, human rights lawyers will admit restrictions to movement are warranted, but (...)
, by DEVEZA JB
MORE and more cities and municipalities are shutting down their borders following Metro Manila’s de facto lockdown last week. President Rodrigo Duterte said the ‘enhanced community quarantine’ measures, which has been expanded to include the whole of Luzon, is projected to last till April 14. (...)
, by REYES Therese
President Duterte said that those who violate the strict quarantine rules could get arrested, but critics argue that many are not privileged enough to follow them.
Checkpoints run by police and military currently line city borders across the Philippines’ largest island of Luzon. They started (...)
, by DAVID Randy
What were the people in charge of Malacañang’s communications office thinking last Thursday evening when they made President Duterte announce the lockdown of Metro Manila — with uniformed police generals seated behind him? Clearly, it was their way of saying this is henceforth a peace and order (...)
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