Philippine bishops welcome ban on offshore gambling establishments
Posted in Asia NEWS The Philippines

Philippine bishops welcome ban on offshore gambling establishments

MANILA (LiCAS News): The order of a total ban on offshore gambling firms by Philippine…

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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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Killing of civilians by insurgents alarms Philippine Church
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Killing of civilians by insurgents alarms Philippine Church

MANILA (UCAN): The Catholic Church in the Philippines and the New York based Human Rights…

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Philippine government under fire over new rights panel
Posted in International The Philippines

Philippine government under fire over new rights panel

MANILA (UCAN): Philippine government’s new Special Committee on Human Rights Coordination, a  “super body” set…

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Atrocities in Western Tigray documented
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Atrocities in Western Tigray documented

NAIROBI (CNS): Some Catholic Church sources from Ethiopia corroborated a report by Human Rights Watch…

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Cambodia accused of using Covid-19 for political clampdown
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Cambodia accused of using Covid-19 for political clampdown

CAMBODIA (UCAN): The prime minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, announced a plan to declare a…

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