The Philippines UPR Watch assailed on Tuesday the report submitted by the government for the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights of the country on May 8 in Geneva.
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Duterte appointed former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff and retired general Roy Cimatu as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources secretary.
At least 23 Filipinos including four children die every day due to road accidents in the Philippines.
A multi-sectoral group on Monday has called for a Senate inquiry to probe deeper into the allegation that some local government and military officials in Sulu are colluding with the ISIS-linked Abu Sayyaf Group.
The Army’s 10th ID dared Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao to file cases in courts against soldiers whom he believed committed abuses in the performance of their duty as state security forces.
The extrajudicial killings in the Philippines was done in the course of US-driven counterinsurgency programs.
The name of lawyer Ramon Edison C. Batacan has surfaced lately as one of the potential candidates to head DENR
Gina Lopez was unfit to be the head of Department of Environment and Natural Resources because she was “adamant in defending her illegal action,” Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano said in a statement on Friday.
Gabriela Women’s Partylist Representative Arlene Brosas branded the government’s tax reform package contained in House Bill 4774 as “deceptive,” saying it is anti-poor and unlikely to uplift people from poverty.
A staunch Lumad school supporter was how a farmers’ group described Federico Plaza, a Lumad farmer-activist, who was killed by unidentified gunmen in Compostela Valley province earlier this week.
