HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY PROMOTIONS PROMOTIONS, EDUCATIONS, COMMENTARY, CRITICISMS AND SUGGESTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE Saturday Updates Weekly DECEMBER 21, 2025 ________________________________________________________ HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTIONS "RIGHT TO RELIGION" ADVANCE  MERRY CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 25, 2025 ISSUES GATHERED Legarda: Responsible, integrity-driven budgeting means better lives for Filipinos PBBM to skip holiday break to ensure clean, responsive 2026 b

From the Website of INQUIRER links :      https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2156989/legarda-responsible-integrity-driven-budgeting-means-better-lives-for-filipinos A perfect Christmas gift: Accountability and corruption-free governance links:   https://opinion.inquirer.net/188244/a-perfect-christmas-gift-accountability-and-corruption-free-governance   ------------------------------   Legarda: Responsible, integrity-driven budgeting means better lives for Filipinos MANILA, Philipp

From the Website of PNA NEWS links :    https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1265541 2026 budget seen as ‘new normal’ for transparency ;links:   https://opinion.inquirer.net/188244/a-perfect-christmas-gift-accountability-and-corruption-free-governance -------------------------------------- PBBM to skip holiday break to ensure clean, responsive 2026 budge tMANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will forgo a holiday break to review the 2026 pending plan once it reaches his tabl

From the Website of the President and Government Media Offices links: http://president.gov.ph/ Article Links: http://pcoo.gov.ph/news-releases/ http://www.pna.gov.ph/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PBBM asserts PH not a training hotspot of terrorism, highlights hard-earned peace President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday countered unfounded claims branding the Philippines as a terrorism training hotspot, noting that security forces

From the Website of United Nations links:   https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166599 World News in Brief: Türk condemns ‘abhorrent’ attack in Sydney, UNHCR chief calls for solidarity with refugees, Ukraine latest The UN human rights chief said on Monday the antisemitic attack on the Jewish community in Sydney which left fifteen dead at the weekend, including a 10-year-old girl, was “a moment of deep sadness.” Volker Türk said the “heinous” shootings targeting a Hannukah

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY PROMOTIONS PROMOTIONS, EDUCATIONS, COMMENTARY, CRITICISMS AND SUGGESTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE Saturday Updates Weekly DECEMBER 14, 2025 ________________________________________________________ HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTIONS "GAA - GENERAL  APPROPRIATIONS ACT" FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET 6.793 TRILLION APPROVES IN SENATE  AND CONGRESS  ISSUES GATHERED At UN, OSCE warns of erosion of security principles amid Ukraine conflict PBBM hopes reforms unde

From the Website of INQUIRER links :  https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2154297/no-secret-bicam-dec-12-conference-will-be-open-to-public-gatchalian ‘No secret bicam,’ Dec. 13 conference open to public – Gatchalian MANILA, Philippines — No secret bicameral conference committee meetings have transpired following the change in the budget deliberations’ schedule, according to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian. Gatchalian, head of the Senate panel on finance, said the bicam meeting for the 2026

From the Website of PNA NEWS links : : https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1265100 Gatchalian vows ‘good budget’ for PBBM; no reenacted GAA MANILA – Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday said the Senate is poised to fulfill President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s Christmas wish for a “good budget,” assuring that the chamber remains on track to pass the 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) on time despite adjustments in the bicameral conference schedule. Marcos, in his newly released BB

From the Website of the President and Government Media Offices links: http://president.gov.ph/ Article Links: http://pcoo.gov.ph/news-releases/ http://www.pna.gov.ph/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PBBM hopes reforms under his admin will be institutionalized President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. expressed hope that succeeding administrations will build on the structural reforms initiated under his leadership and institutionalize them for

From the Website of United Nations links:     https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166538 At UN, OSCE warns of erosion of security principles amid Ukraine conflict The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) chief on Monday urged the UN Security Council to uphold core principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and human rights, warning that Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to undermine European security. Addressing ambassadors, Finland’s Foreign Mi

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY PROMOTIONS PROMOTIONS, EDUCATIONS, COMMENTARY, CRITICISMS AND SUGGESTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE Saturday Updates Weekly DECEMBER 07, 2025 ________________________________________________________ HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTIONS "UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS" HUMAN RIGHTS DAY DECEMBER 10 ISSUES GATHERED Amid Sudan’s unimaginable crisis, its people endure with hope PBBM urges media to be a partner against disinformation, fake news HR kicks-off the Nation

From the Website of UNITED NATIONS links https://www.ohchr.org/en/about-us/human-rights-day   Human Rights Day Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the  Universal Declaration of Human Rights . The formal inception of Human Rights Day dates from 1950, after the Assembly passed resolution 423 (V) inviting all States and interested organizations to adopt

From the Website of Commission on Human Rights links:    https://x.com/chrgovph/status/1996859745253445704        HR kicks-off the National Human Rights Consciousness Week 2025 with focus on human rights as daily essentials     The Commission on Human Rights (CHR), together with the National Human Rights Consciousness Week - National Committee (NHRCW-NC), officially opened the 2025 National Human Rights Consciousness Week (NHRCW) on 04 December 2025 at the Jose Luis Martin C.

From the Website of the President and Government Media Offices links: http://president.gov.ph/ Article Links: http://pcoo.gov.ph/news-releases/ http://www.pna.gov.ph/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PBBM urges media to be a partner against disinformation, fake news President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. urged the media to continue helping the public understand the government’s ongoing reforms, saying many of the changes are difficult to ex

From the Website of United Nations links:   https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166514 Amid Sudan’s unimaginable crisis, its people endure with hope As the world prepares to mark Human Rights Day  on 10 December, the UN is warning that war-torn Sudan is in the midst of arguably the gravest human rights crisis of our time. Fighting erupted between rival militaries in April 2023 following a breakdown in the transition to civilian rule, following the overthrow of longtime form

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY PROMOTIONS PROMOTIONS, EDUCATIONS, COMMENTARY, CRITICISMS AND SUGGESTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE Saturday Updates Weekly NOVEMBER 30, 2025 ________________________________________________________ HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTIONS "BONIFACIO DAY NOV 30" "FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION"  ANTI CORRUPTION RALLY ON NOVEMBER 30 BONIFACIO DAY ISSUES GATHERED A decisive turning point: Setting global industry on a fairer, greener path towards economic growth PhilHea

From the Website of PNA NEWS links : https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1264219  Palace: PNP on full alert for Nov. 30 rallies to ensure peace, order MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has intensified its presence to maintain peace and security ahead of the large-scale anti-corruption rallies scheduled for Nov. 30, Malacañang said on Friday. “Pangatlo na nga po itong rally so handa na po ang PNP pagdating diyan (This is already the third rally, so the PNP is prepared

From the Website of INQUIRER links : s  https://globalnation.inquirer.net/300410/icc-rejects-duterte-appeal-for-interim-release-orders-continued-detention-2 ICC rejects Duterte appeal for interim release, orders continued detention MANILA, Philippines — No interim release for former President Rodrigo Duterte. The International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber on Friday rejected Duterte’s appeal for interim release, ordering that he remain in detention while proceedings o

From the Website of the President and Government Media Offices links: http://president.gov.ph/ Article Links: http://pcoo.gov.ph/news-releases/ http://www.pna.gov.ph/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PhilHealth and SSS launch their own Transparency Portal after DPWH President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has recently launched dedicated Transparency Portals for various government agencies, Department of Information and Communications Technol

From the Website of United Nations links:   https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/11/1166464 A decisive turning point: Setting global industry on a fairer, greener path towards economic growth The world moved closer to ensuring that industrial development is a net positive for people and the planet on Thursday, with the adoption of the Riyadh Declaration on the closing day of the Global Industry Summit, a week-long UN event in the Saudi capital. The world is inexorably becoming i