Category: Asia
Philippine government says it wants to end prison overcrowding
MANILA (UCAN): Authorities in the Philippines have announced long-overdue reforms seeking to end the suffering…
Caritas Philippines launches earthquake aid initiative
MANILA (UCAN): On July 28, CBCP News reported that Caritas Philippines launched an appeal to…
Objections by Myanmar’s military against genocide case dismissed
(UCAN): On July 22, The International Court of Justice [ICJ] dismissed preliminary objections raised by…
Giant clam poaching slammed by Philippine environmentalists
MANILA (UCAN): The Saint Francis Group for Greener Environment group in the Philippines, blasted a…
Changes to Indonesian criminal code ‘put key freedoms at risk’
JAKARTA (UCAN): Twenty-two Asian and global civil society organisations expressed concerns that proposed amendments to…
Centre reopens its doors to the hungry and homeless
MANILA (UCAN): After a more than two year closure, the St. Arnold Janssen Kalinga Centre…
Law school dean rubbishes Philippine divorce bill
MANILA (UCAN): Father Ranhilio Aquino, the dean of Benedictine-run San Beda Graduate School of Law,…
