On September 7, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law the so-called “heartbeat law” (SB8). Immediately it unleashed a maelstrom of protests from women’s groups, who criticized the ban as early as six weeks into pregnancy. After six weeks, the… Read More
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) met virtually on September 28th with Philippines Foreign Minister Teodor Locsin and Philippines Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez and discussed the U.S.-Philippines cooperation and the ongoing detention of Filipina Senator Leila de Lima. Durbin… Read More
The decline of American hegemony Twenty years after September 11, 2001, Americans and the rest… Read More
Mindful of the importance of overseas citizens’ right to vote and its implication to the 2022 national elections, North American rights-based groups urge the Commission on Elections (Comelec) through the Philippine Consulates to reconsider its earlier decision not to extend… Read More
