Calls mount to outlaw offshore gambling
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Calls mount to outlaw offshore gambling

MANILA (SE): Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, the Philippines, wrote a pastoral letter saying that…

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Philippine peace advocate Father Picardal passes away at 69
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Philippine peace advocate Father Picardal passes away at 69

MANILA (SE): Redemptorist Father Amado Picardal, a peace advocate who campaigned against the drug-related killings…

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Philippine government under fire over new rights panel
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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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Church backs Ati tribal people’s struggle
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Church backs Ati tribal people’s struggle

(UCAN): The Philippines Church has extended support to the Ati tribal people’s struggle to protect…

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Rift between Marcos and Duterte deepens
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Rift between Marcos and Duterte deepens

MANILA (Agencies): At a rally in Davao against constitutional charter change, January 28, the former…

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Doubts over Duterte’s claim to be changed man
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Doubts over Duterte’s claim to be changed man

MANILA (UCAN): Claims by former Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, that he is a changed, “holy…

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Philippine lawmakers urged to push for ICC probe into drug war
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Philippine lawmakers urged to push for ICC probe into drug war

MANILA (UCAN): Rights organisations called on Philippine lawmakers to support pending resolutions in Congress that…

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