The human rights group Karapatan urged the government to dismantle private armies and paramilitary groups saying they have been inflicting human rights violations against the indigenous communities.
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Hundreds of youth from different regions in Mindanao and abroad are set to converge here for a three-day activity in line with the celebration of World Indigenous Peoples’ Day this coming August 9.
The House Committee on Labor and Employment approved on Wednesday the bill for stricter occupational health and safety standards (OHS).
A lawmaker said Metro Rail Transit’s onerous contracts only favors private corporations.
Militant partylist Gabriela Women’s Party wants disaster agencies to explain why typhoon survivors in the Visayas are still living in poor conditions two years after Typhoon Yolanda struck the region.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources 11 and the Philippine Information Agency organized a group of citizen-journalists to monitor violations on environmental laws and report activities significant to environment protection and preservation.
Groups of indigenous peoples on Wednesday rallied in front of the North Gate of Congress to call for the dismissal of Representative Nancy Catamco as head of the House Committee on Indigenous Cultural Communities.
City officials, together with the security forces and stakeholders gathered in a forum to discuss improvements on “genuine peace and security” in Tagum City last Thursday.
The local chapter of an international human rights group warned against the “meddling” of US and China as the 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting started.
Filipino-Chinese businessmen turn over two classroom buildings in six different schools in Davao Oriental last July 29, Wednesday.
