Supporters and family of political prisoner Maria Miradel Torres held a protest on Monday at the Department of Justice to demand for her immediate release on humanitarian grounds. Torres is a breastfeeding mother to her 7-month old baby who is also with her in Taguig City Jail.
A workplace safety group appealed to Davao City Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles, who chairs the Committee on Labor and Employment of the House of Representatives, to immediately release the results of the inquiry last May 20 on the Kentex fire tragedy.
Members of the city’s indigenous cultural communities were recently made the beneficiaries of the Shelter Assistance Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the City Government of Tagum.
During his program Sunday, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said that somebody is paying for his political advertisement.
The City Health Office (CHO) is urging the public to get free mosquito-controlling traps from main health centers here to sustain the decrease of dengue cases in the city.
Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) fears dislocation of workers with ‘no fire permit, no business permit’ policy.
Urban poor group Kadamay assails the unabated cases of killings of urban poor who are defending their homes against demolition.
Authors of the Bangsamoro bill, which is a substitute of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), said that it will provide continuity of Mindanao peace deals.
The Smiles Philippines Foundation will conduct free cleft palate operations for PhilHealth members and Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries as part of the Independence Day commemorations.
Partylist lawmaker Rep. Emmi De Jesus has called on government to release a former staff of the militant women’s group, GABRIELA, who was arrested on Tuesday with her husband who is a consultant for the National Democratic Front.
