A lawyers group who serves as the legal counsel for overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso welcomes the “moratorium” on Indonesian executions which will benefit, not only Veloso, but all inmates in Indonesia.
The Army’s Eastern Mindanao Command has a new commander who will assume the post on Saturday.
The 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW) kicks off on November 25 and will push until December 12.
The Luntiang Paraiso Rehabilitation Center in New Corella, Davao del Norte is now converted into a regional rehabilitation center following the transfer of its management to the Department of Health from the provincial government.
A partylist lawmaker said that liberalized mining espoused by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation is the cause for rights violations of indigenous peoples all over the country.
A total of 75 Davao-Manila and vice versa flights have been cancelled because of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ meeting.
The National Council of Churches in the Philippines said there was no need to cause misery on the people just to show the hospitality of the Philippines for the visiting dignitaries of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ meeting.
Women’s group Gabriela scored the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for denying the mass arrests of street dwellers in Manila as part of the government’s effort to hide them from international media and delegates attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ meeting.
An official of the Land Transportation Office in Region 11 urged commuters to patronize only duly registered and franchised vans for their protection on the road.
Anakpawis party-list today scored the Aquino government for letting the public bear the brunt of the APEC security measures that resulted to major commuters being stuck in traffic gridlock for hours and were forced to walk kilometers long to go to work.
