Quezon City – Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) is deeply disturbed by a resolution passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Palawan declaring Atty. Robert “Bobby” Chan as ‘persona non grata’ during its regular session last January 12, 2021. The resolution alleged Chan of making “malicious statements” against the provincial government, citing a video produced by PNNI and posted online. This resolution has unnecessarily increased the risks to the life and health of Chan. Bobby Chan i

MATA Press Statement 19 January 2021 Contact: RJ Naguit (+63 916 582 7931) The Movement Against the Anti-Terror Act (MATA) condemns in the strongest terms the termination of the UP-DND agreement which protects the campus and its community from intervention by state elements. The sudden, one-sided termination of the agreement is suspicious as the state is wielding the dangerous Anti-Terror Act against its citizens. The harms of the act, including arbitrary arrests and unchecke