Following tree-cutting incidents last June 21 on a hill above the picturesque town, outraged residents staged the rally demanding an immediate stop to dam construction activities anew.
Darren believes regulation is not the solution to the runaway problem of online gambling. “I wish a total ban on all e-wallets and websites on gambling. It has being done in other countries. We can, too,” he said.
Karapatan said of 227 individuals have been arbitrarily designated or charged with violations of ATA and TFPSA, 30 of whom are still detained.
ACT Rep. Antonio Tinio and Kabataan Rep. Renee Co filed the coalition’s eighth and latest attempt at an implementing law on the Constitution’s most ignored provision.
“This meager Php 50 increase falls far short of what workers urgently need. It does not come close to a ‘recovery wage,’ let alone the living wage that is just and humane,” CWS chairperson and San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza said.
Tinio reported for work at the House of Representatives, filing 10 measures on his first day as a returning legislator.
In a scathing assessment of the Marcos Jr. administration’s first half in office, the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said policies promoted under the guise of food security and economic recovery have devastated rural livelihoods and accelerated the landlessness of farmers.
In the case of Bantag—who has been in hiding for nearly three years—Judge Huliganga said the case would only be reopened once the former prison chief resurfaces and surrenders to authorities.
Human rights lawyers are “seriously considering” the filing of charges against the arresting officers of Prudencio Cebu Calubid Jr. for his unjust arrest and half year-long imprisonment since last December.
The elderly aircon technician mistaken as a long-missing New People’s Army fighter and arrested by the police last December had been ordered released, an officer of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyer announced.
