philippines

Mining activist death an accident: court

Ruling sends 'chilling' message to other activists, says priest

Call for stronger AIDS prevention law

Lawmakers say better measures needed to meet growing threat

Govt eyes ‘child labor-free zones’

Announces crackdown on putting minors to work

Bishop calls out government over kidnappings

Bishop Martin Jumoad of Basilan today urged President Benigno Aquino to address the growing incidents of kidnappings in Mindanao. “The problem with this government is it is too much focused on the impeachment of [Chief Justice Renato Corona] and neglects

Coalition urges black sand mining ban

Marine ecosystem in region under serious threat, activists say

Coconut crash points to misery

As coconut prices fall, 3.5 million families hard hit

Mini-power plant keeps local tribe connected

Rural hydrodam keeps villagers powered

Government urged to act on rights abuses

Human Rights Watch calls for more prosecutions ahead of UN review

Catholic youth leaders hurt in bus crash

A group of 19 Catholic youth leaders were injured, seven of them seriously, after a bus they were traveling in careered off the road and into a gully near the town of Murcia, in Negros Occidental province on Saturday. "The brakes on the bus were faulty and

Justice eludes 18 slain Protestants

Extra-judicial killings during Arroyo years remain unpunished, activists say

Catholics call for Lady Gaga ban

Singer's concerts are blasphemous, immoral, lewd, they say

Military launches peace courses

Initiative part of efforts to end insurgency wars

Aquino admits snags in anti-crime drive

Bringing high-profile fugitives to justice has been a problem, he says
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