Richie, former national coordinator of Lila Pilipina, passed away on August 25 due to anemia and complications from diabetes. Her leadership in Lila Pilipina pushed forward the fight of the comfort women movement for decades in the Philippines. Amid disinformation and wars of aggression, her legacy is worth remembering.
Under a Marcos Jr. administration, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said that the climate of impunity may continue to persist in the Philippines, following the recent killings of two journalists.
Kin of the disappeared reiterated their demand to surface 1,902 desaparecidos at a gathering in Bantayog ng mga Bayani in commemmoration of the International Day of the Disappeared.