Migrante International has appealed to Indonesian President Joko Widodo to spare the life of the overseas Filipino worker, Mary Jane Veloso who was convicted for drug trafficking and is now awaiting her execution.
Environmentalists opposing the coal-fired power plant here expressed their worry on the operation of the coal plant here pointing at the alleged multiple corruption cases faced by its contractor in many countries.
The ordinance said that organic agriculture zones "will be protected from encroachment and contamination by chemical-based farm inputs and genetically-engineered crops".
Militant partylist Bayan Muna picketed today the Chinese consulate in protest against China’s activities in the Panganiban Reef, or Mischief Reef.
Suspected New People's Army guerrillas swooped down on the mining town of Monkayo in Compostela Valley on Tuesday and ransacked the armory of the residence of Mayor Joselito B. Brillantes.