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Merlie Joy Castro, Innocent Mother of Two, Voluntarily Surrenders to NBI Amid Unjust Human Trafficking Accusations– Cites Identity Theft by Alice Guo, Plans to Take Legal Action
Merlie Joy Castro, an ordinary citizen caught in the middle of the ongoing controversy of illegal operations of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) and Alice Guo, has chosen to voluntarily surrender to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on October 8 to...
Onwards Peace and Justice: Decommissioned combatants gain access to civil registration
by: Arabela Lorico IDEALS recently launched the Promoting Equal Access to Civil Enlistment for Former Combatants and Indigenous People in the Bangsamoro Transition (PEACE Bangsamoro) project, which aims to provide legal services and address civil registration needs of...
A Sustainable Future through Organic Farming
ECONOMIC RIGHTS by Elijah MacaspacAmidst the wearying economic conditions, and worsening impacts of climate change, the elderly farmers in Mawab, Davao de Oro cultivate a sustainable future through organic banana farming. Building a sustainable future means meeting...
JUSTICE FOR CHAD BOOC. JUSTICE FOR NEW BATAAN 5
STATEMENTSIDEALS strongly condemns the killing of Chad Booc, Gelejurain Ngujo II, and all victims of the New Bataan 5. While the military insists that Chad Booc was supposedly caught in an encounter with the military as an NPA rebel, Chad is known among the Lumad...
Capacitating Local Leaders to Initiate Community-based Disaster Response
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Armiya Diocolano Edon, 40, is a Barangay Kagawad of Tamontaka 5, Cotabato City and an active participant of the Disaster Risk Reduction Network. For years, she has seen the effects of calamities and has learned to live with the...
Road to recovery: a community’s effort to rebuild shelters post-disaster
RIGHTS IN CRISIS AND EMERGENCIES Coping mechanisms in disaster-stricken communities of Cotabato City vary in every household. While some take the biggest blow on their livelihoods, others are left with damaged properties and struggle to put back roofs over their...
Online Legal Mission, Hatid ng ZOOMBUNGAN ng Bayan
HUMAN RIGHTS By Pauline Abello Kahit pa naantala ng pandemya ang paghahatid ng legal missions sa komunidad, patuloy ang pagbibigay ng libreng legal advice mula sa mga abogado ng IDEALS, Inc. Humigit kumulang sa 458 kliyente ang kumunsulta sa mga abogado sa pamamagitan...
Enough is enough!
STATEMENTSIDEALS Inc. strongly condemns the murder of Atty. Rex Jose Mario Fernandez, a veteran human rights lawyer and founding member of the National Union of Lawyers in the Philippines. Atty. Fernandez was ambushed in broad daylight last August 26, along R. Duterte...
Statement on the Senate approval of issuance of Firearms for Firefighters
STATEMENTS On 4 August 2021, the Senate ratified the Bicameral Conference Committee Report on Senate Bill No. 1832 and its counterpart in the House of Representatives, H.B. No. 7406, which both seek to modernize the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). While the aim of...
IDEALS Statement on Masbate incident
STATEMENTS“Union leader,” “football player and MVP,” we do our best to encapsulate the identities and known roles of the two innocents killed last 6th of June, Nolven and Kieth Absalon, in the various articles and news reports we come across. In the hearts of their...
FREEDOM FROM FEAR, FREEDOM FOR ALL
INDEPENDENCE DAY 2021Today, we honor the Philippines’ 123rd “Araw ng Kalayaan,” an occasion that celebrates not only independence, but freedom. For centuries, Filipinos have struggled in our own land-- first against colonizers, and again, against a dictator and...
IDEALS stands with IDPs calling for the overdue rehabilitation of the city and ample government assistance to victims of Marawi siege
STATEMENTS Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) pleading calls to local and national government units during the People’s Memorialization for the Fourth Year of Marawi Siege “Pakinggan ninyo kami” (Listen to us). This was the pleading call of Internally Displaced...