
CHR backs Universal Social Pension for elderly Filipinos
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has voiced its full support for the proposed Universal Social Pension Act, emphasizing that the measure aligns with the…
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The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has voiced its full support for the proposed Universal Social Pension Act, emphasizing that the measure aligns with the…
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Senator Win Gatchalian on Thursday urged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to coordinate with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to…
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The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Region 1 is implementing a series of proactive measures to secure the water supply for Northern Luzon farmers as…
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Many hailed the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act as the answer to Filipinos’ right to a free education. The law, however, following some…
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At least one million rice farmers are set to receive a P7,000 cash aid under the proposed 2026 budget to offset their financial losses caused by the dramatic…
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A proposed law in the House of Representatives aims to end the longstanding practice of employers gaining free labor through unpaid internships.
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — With fuel prices still weighing heavily on farmers’ budgets, over 1,000 farmers in Bukidnon just got a much-needed break.
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The civic group Climate Change Action (CCA) has decried another act of violence after a Teduray indigenous leader was found beheaded in the Bangsamoro…
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When ‘continuity’ becomes a euphemism for ‘you’re expendable,’ something in the social contract has already collapsed.
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BAGUIO CITY — Search teams have recovered the body of a five-year-old boy who drowned in the Pasil River in Kalinga.
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LEH, India (AFP) — India’s remote high-altitude desert region of Ladakh has been in turmoil since four people were killed in violent protests demanding greater…
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The ILO has repeatedly called on the Philippines to align labor practices with international conventions on workers’ rights, particularly on protecting union…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has issued an executive order adopting new guidelines to protect workers’ rights, fulfilling a key demand of Philippine labor…
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The Child Rights Network (CRN) condemned the arrest of children during protests Sunday that resulted in 216 total arrests, 95 of which were minors.
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Cairo (AFP) — Prominent Egyptian-British human rights defender Alaa Abdel Fattah was released from prison after years behind bars and reunited with his family…
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