Call to halt new mining projects in the Philippines
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Call to halt new mining projects in the Philippines

MANILA (LiCAS News): Church and pro-environmental groups launched a campaign on October 18 urging the…

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Philippine government urged not to ban ‘lumad’ term; stop red-tagging labour activists
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Philippine government urged not to ban ‘lumad’ term; stop red-tagging labour activists

MANILA (SE): Archbishop Jose Cabantan of Cagayan de Oro criticised a government move to ban…

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Push back against fossil fuel by climate weary Filipinos
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Push back against fossil fuel by climate weary Filipinos

Ranulfo Honoridez’s sleep has been disturbed for the past five years because the walls of…

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A former aide to Duterte spills beans about the ‘war on drugs’
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A former aide to Duterte spills beans about the ‘war on drugs’

MANILA (UCAN): Jovie Espenido, a lieutenant colonel and the one-time poster boy of the anti-drugs…

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Rights groups refute Marcos Jr.s’ ‘bloodless’ drug-war claim
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Rights groups refute Marcos Jr.s’ ‘bloodless’ drug-war claim

MANILA (UCAN): Rights groups disputed a claim by Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., that the…

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