HR group tells UN rights envoy: Probe EJKs of farmers, IPs, rights defenders in PHL
The extrajudicial killings in the Philippines was done in the course of US-driven counterinsurgency programs.
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.