Statement of CHR IV-A Regional Director, Atty. Rexford Guevarra, on LGUs requiring payment fees for travel passes during the Enhanced Community Quarantine due to the COVID-19 situation
The Commission on Human Rights (Commission) expresses its concern on a number of reports it monitored online regarding some local government units requiring their constituents to pay varying amounts of fees in exchange for a travel pass. This travel pass apparently serves as a permit for the holder thereof to temporarily leave their abodes and […]
Statement of CHR IV-A Regional Director, Atty. Rexford Guevarra, on the arrests of minors who violated the curfew hours in Sta. Cruz, Laguna during the Enhance Community Quarantine to the COVID-19 situation
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) strongly condemns the actions of Barangay Chairperson Eric P. Ambrocio who, along with other barangay officials, detained five individuals, including two minors in a dog kennel after arresting them for violating the curfew hours in Barangay Gatid, Sta. Cruz, Laguna on the night of 15 March 2020. Barangay Chairperson […]