United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on President Rodrigo Duterte to veto the controversial anti-terrorism bill citing a possible “chilling effect” on humanitarian work in the country.

“In the midst of a pandemic that has made our people’s lives even more difficult, more fearful and more uncertain, the Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020 provides even more reason to be fearful and uncerta...

The heads of some of the biggest Catholic educational institutions in the country issued another joint statement Friday, reiterating their strong opposition to the proposed anti-terrorism legislation.

The Philippines would perpetually be in a state worse than martial law if the anti-terrorism bill is signed into law, former Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio warned.

If the controversial anti-terrorism bill becomes a law, as in all likelihood it will be, retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio will be among to fire a legal challenge at it.

"We hope that with the same care, prudence, and political will, we can have an effective anti-terrorism law that does not go beyond the carefully crafted balance, safeguards and guarantees of our...

According to a report by Davao City-based MindaNews, it was passed without objection. The resolution, filed on June 23, has also been amended to list all members of the parliament as authors.

"Overall, this is a problematic omission [because] it is the Muslim communities that have been hurt the most by terrorism in this country. It is also the Muslim community that will likewise suffer...

Potential constitutional infirmities that a rights lawyer flagged in the Human Security Act of 2007 are still found in the anti-terrorism bill, which is waiting for the president’s signature.

“People who disagree with government policies and criticize them including in international fora, should not be vilified as terrorist sympathizers,” UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said.

"The picture says it all," Police Regional Office 13 said in a social media post.

Under the 1989 agreement between the UP and the Department of National Defense, police and military presence in any of the state university's campuses is prohibited.

"It was us who had to tell them that we had the right to remain silent and that we would wait for our lawyer first," the student told Philstar.com in an online exchange.

Twenty protesters were arrested on Friday during a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community-organized protest against the controversial anti-terror bill in Mendiola Street,...

A peasant women group on Monday condemned a recent victim-blaming post on a national police Facebook page, saying this kind of behavior would be “emboldened” once the anti-terrorism bill is turned...

The coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 517,000 out of the 10.81 million people infected globally since the pathogen first emerged in China late last year.

Even as President Duterte has yet to sign the new anti-terrorism bill pending the advise of his legal team which will check on possible constitutional infirmities of the measure, the Chief Executive...