By: Nirva Delacruz CALOOCAN CITY — On July 6, Thursday, the remains of 3 extra-judicial killings (EJK) victims will be formally turned over to their families at the Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of Grace, Caloocan City at 2:00PM. This will be the 13th turnover of EJK victims’ cremated remains under Program Paghilom’s Project […]
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QUEZON CITY — On May 25, Thursday, the remains of 6 extra-judicial killings (EJK) victims will be formally turned over to their families at the Sacred Heart Parish – Shrine, Quezon City, with Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Philippines Ms. Marielle Geraedts as the ceremony’s guest of honor. This will be the 12th turnover
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By Nirva Delacruz How does one share the experience of grief and tragedy? As the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR) Mr. Eamon Gilmore said, he had probably seen all the ways it can be expressed, but watching extra-judicial killings (EJK) widows and orphans perform onstage on March 30, 2023 at the Notre
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By *Catherine, an EJK widow I’m the wife of Kyren who was killed at 43. We have one son, Egard, who is now 15-years old. I remember when my husband was still alive, our life was simple. Making do with what we had, we dreamed of being able to see Egard graduate from university one
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By *Rafqa I used to have a simple and quiet life. Even with six kids, all boys, we could eat thrice a day. We were happy with what we had. Even if life was hard, we could afford to send our children to school. Our dream as parents was to see our children graduate one
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By Agnes, an EJK orphan I am *Agnes. I’m already 17-years old, and we are a brood of 5 brothers and sisters, aged 14-years old; 12-years old; 9-years old; and, 7-years old. We are 5 siblings in my grandmother’s care. Before, we were a happy family because we had both our parents. They were loving
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By Nirva Delacruz Many Filipinos are familiar with the issue of extra-judicial killings (EJKs) in the country, one that tragically grabbed the limelight during the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. But few people know that the children of the murdered were bullied for having fathers or brothers tagged—sometimes, falsely—as drug pushers and users. This is
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By Nirva’ana Delacruz When you meet Randy Delos Santos, he’s easily the jolliest person in the Arnold Janssen Kalinga Foundation team. Life was never the same again He has an easy laugh and can strike up a conversation with anyone from the local grave digger to the veteran British reporter who wanders in and needs
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By Nirva Delacruz Walking into the modest hall set up for the press briefing of sorts, Dr. Raquel Fortun has the stride of someone who knows exactly what she’s doing. From knee up, she strikes you as no nonsense, more military than medical—the short cropped hair, the navy blue polo. But it’s the high-cut boots
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