Various groups converged in a protest outside the central office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Tuesday to condemn what they say as the “railroading” of large-scale mining project of Australian-Canadian mining firm MRL Gold-Egerton Gold Phils Incorporated.
A partylist lawmaker fears prositution will worsen with a brewing military agreement between Japan and the Philippines on top of existing military agreements with the US.
A medical surgical mission for children and young adults with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities is scheduled from June 13-19 at the Brokenshire Memorial Hospital.
Supporters and family of political prisoner Maria Miradel Torres held a protest on Monday at the Department of Justice to demand for her immediate release on humanitarian grounds. Torres is a breastfeeding mother to her 7-month old baby who is also with her in Taguig City Jail.
A workplace safety group appealed to Davao City Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles, who chairs the Committee on Labor and Employment of the House of Representatives, to immediately release the results of the inquiry last May 20 on the Kentex fire tragedy.