Tag: Human rights

In most cases in the Philippines, patients contracted leptospirosis by wading through floodwaters they share with sewer rats

Consumer groups warn gas auction could shift volatile fuel costs to households and raise electricity bills across Philippines

Church leaders cited biodiversity, community rights and past environmental conflicts in pressing authorities for a full review of Altai

Mining critics say the policy risks ancestral lands, food security and local autonomy while favoring corporate extraction interests

Philippine education authorities had already ordered an active-attack drill as schools faced a recent series of violent incidents

Church leaders said lasting peace requires dialogue, justice and accountability while protecting communities caught in decades of conflict

Three Kasibu residents were freed on bail as church leaders challenged alleged SLAPPs and demanded protection for defenders

Witness accounts, forensic findings and families’ testimonies deepen scrutiny of a deadly Philippine counterinsurgency operation in Negros Occidental

The dispute highlights mounting concern over powerful states using sanctions and political pressure to resist international accountability mechanisms

Rights groups say arrests add to mounting legal pressure on communities resisting mineral exploration across Nueva Vizcaya province