People’s organizations from Southern Tagalog believe that the removal of Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III and the creation of a transition council will be the answer to the current political crisis.
Malacanang announced on Friday that it was extending the filing of compensation claims for Martial Law victims of human rights violations, from November 10 last year to May this year.
French President François Hollande arrived in Manila on Thursday for his two-day state visit to the country.
A teacher in Tagum City who was reported injured in a shooting incident on Wednesday night succumbed to her gunshot wounds.
Various groups advocating for the environment and the rights of indigenous peoples called on the government to junk the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 and pass the alternative mining policy People’s Mining Bill into law.