A tribal leader from Misamis Oriental escaped a slay try where activist organizations accused an Army man as the suspect.
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Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said he has nothing to do with the group called the Patriotic and Democratic Movement (PADEM) that is calling for the ouster of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
The Office of the Ombudsman launched a new process of transferring and digitizing the case records through Data Migrations System (DMS).
The Ombudsman indicted a former Basilan town mayor and a municipal official on allegations that they failed to remit the Government Service Insurance System premium contributions of the municipal employees.
Human rights advocates demand the Duterte administration to end the spate of killings as the casualties of the bloody war on drugs now stood at 13,000.
The surge of killings resulting from the government’s anti-illegal drug campaign prompted a militant lawmaker on Friday to call for the slashing out of the P900 million budget for Oplan Double Barrel Reloaded.
A militant lawmaker scored the Armed Forces of the Philippines for using public funds to attack various Lumad schools in Mindanao.
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers on Monday called on government to ensure funding for the implementation of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 151, a treaty that aims to protect government workers.
The plan of the Duterte administration to implement a mandatory drug test in colleges and universities threatened students’ safety and education rights, an international human rights group said Saturday.
Carlos Conde, researcher for Asia Division of Human Rights Watch, said the deaths of two broadcast journalists and the attack on a newspaper columnist “highlight the need for the Duterte administration to deliver on promises to apprehend those responsible for the killings of journalists.”
