IPU hits PHL for ‘politically’ prosecuting De Lima

Despite the Palace’s repeated denial that the drug cases against Senator Leila de Lima are not politically motivated, an international monitoring organization on Monday, accused the Duterte administration for pursuing criminal charges against the former justice secretary who is known to be a staunch critic of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on illegal drugs.

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ARMM’s ‘Darul Ifta’ condemns Abu Sayyaf for beheading Tausug soldier in Sulu

Inhuman and un-Islamic was how the Regional Darul Ifta in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (RDI-ARMM) described the act of the Abu Sayyaf Group as it condemned the beheading of Anni Siraji, a Tausug soldier who is a native of Sulu.

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Read more about the article By 2040, PHL will have 20,000 MW RE capacities –DOE chief
Gurbuz Gunol, IRENA Senior Programme Officer (left), turns over a copy of the Renewable Resource Assessment Publication to Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Robert Uy on Friday, April 21, 2017, in Taguig City. With them are NREB Chairman Jose Layug Jr. (2nd from left) and DOE-REMB Director Mario Marasigan (right). (Photo release by DOE)

By 2040, PHL will have 20,000 MW RE capacities –DOE chief

In order to sustain economic gains, the Department of Energy on Friday said the Philippines is working to have at least 20,000 megawatts of renewable energy capacities by 2010.

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Read more about the article #EarthDay2017: Group hits Duterte admin for ‘flip-flopping’ on resolving climate crisis in PHL  
President Rodrigo Duterte. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com file photo)

#EarthDay2017: Group hits Duterte admin for ‘flip-flopping’ on resolving climate crisis in PHL  

A climate change advocacy group scored the Duterte administration for flipflopping on resolving crisis in the country as it will mark the global observance of Earth Day 2017 on Saturday, April 22.

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Read more about the article Solon wants CARHRIHL implemented amid attacks on Lumad
LUMAD. Around 2,000 Lumad from Mindanao joined this year's Lakbayan protest caravan.

Solon wants CARHRIHL implemented amid attacks on Lumad

A militant lawmaker on Friday pressed for the implementation of the 1998 Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and the International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) as counter-insurgency operations are targeting the Lumad communities in Mindanao.

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