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Small hands can still hold the world together

Thérèse of Lisieux is sometimes softened into greeting-card sentimentality—flowers, gentle smiles, easy comfort

Church groups say Veloso pardon should renew fight against human trafficking

nterfaith leaders say Veloso’s freedom should renew efforts against trafficking and address poverty and exploitation driving migrant vulnerability

Barangay disaster funds still favor relief over long-term risk reduction, study...

Oxfam found barangay disaster funds favor relief and equipment while prevention, climate adaptation and community priorities remain underfunded

Environmental group flags risks in Philippine critical-minerals mining push

Policy brief raises concerns over mining approvals, Indigenous rights, environmental safeguards and community participation under Executive Order 122

Civil society presses AIIB to tighten climate, community safeguards

Civil society groups say AIIB’s next decade should give affected communities greater protection, participation and access to remedy

Church groups urge stronger migrant protections after Veloso pardon

Church groups welcomed Mary Jane Veloso’s freedom while pressing for stronger migrant protections, trafficking justice and recruiter accountability

Philippines pardons migrant worker Mary Jane Veloso after 16 years in...

A Filipina once sentenced to death in Indonesia is set for release as advocates demand stronger trafficking protections

Conservation projects lead documented rights violations against Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous rights group says conservation projects accounted for nearly four in 10 documented project-related abuses against Indigenous communities

Philippine Indigenous communities step up FPIC monitoring amid development rush

Community paralegals will track how revised consent rules affect Indigenous rights as mining, energy and industrial projects expand

Senate court drops 16-vote threshold in Duterte impeachment trial

Senator-judges redefine the conviction threshold as Duterte’s defense keeps open a possible Supreme Court challenge to the ruling

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