Human rights group Karapatan warned Wednesday that the proposal to reinstate death penalty in the country will affect human rights defenders, dissenters, and especially political prisoners.
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Philippine Senator Alan Peter Cayetano expressed support for the abolition of policies that burden the Overseas Filipino Workers.
A New York-based human rights organization said Tuesday that the United Nations should conduct an international investigation that would look into the killings in the Philippines amid announcement by the government to suspend its anti-illegal drug campaign.
A spokesperson of the Regional Operations Command of the New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao expressed doubt if President Rodrigo Duterte and the government peace panel are really in control of the Armed Forces of the Philippines following the AFP-NPA skirmish in Makilala, North Cotabato.
The country must shift from coal to renewable energy, an official of the Caritas Philippines said Monday.
An organization of human rights abuses victims during Martial Law urged the Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board to hasten the partial distribution of claims for the Martial Law victims.
Members of the militant youth group League of Filipino Students hit out the travel ban against Muslims issued by US President Donald Trump and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and US.
Engineers Erdsan Rene S. Suero, Angel T. Torrejon, Mariano R. Alquiza and Cary H. Beatisula were inducted last Saturday, Jan. 28 at Fairmont Makati as members of PICE National Board.
Rooting on the success of the Women’s March last Jan. 20, a group of Filipino scientists expressed their support to a movement against US President Donald Trump’s “anti-science” campaign.
A watershed advocacy group said on Friday that Davao’s Watershed Code is under threat of nullification after agricultural companies have filed a civil case to stop the imposition of environmental tax for plantations near the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed in Baguio District, this city.
