The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) is calling on government agencies to comprehensively address the problem of poverty by taking into consideration the people’s 10 basic needs when crafting projects for the community.
The brazen act of killing Christopher Iban Lozada, a Bislig City-based radio journalist, is stark reminder that the culture of impunity is a “growing and malignant problem” for journalists in this country, a media watchdog said.
Civilians displaced by the siege in Marawi City have expressed their opposition to the plan of the government to implement an identification (ID) system to the evacuees calling it a discrimination and a violation of their human rights.
The Royal Norwegian Government on Tuesday appointed a new special envoy to the peace process between the Philippine government and the communist National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
The country’s first integrated disaster response training center is set to be constructed in Compostela Valley province starting January 2018.