Marcos gov’t urged to walk the talk on human rights issues as violence continues
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government welcomed the majority of recommendations issued by United Nations (UN) member-states during its human rights assessment, but groups are wary these would not amount to anything. The Philippine government accepted at...
PH response to ICC exposes Marcos’ empty words on human rights – groups
President Marcos ‘maintains the same policies and the same climate of impunity that had led Duterte and his minions to get away with murder,’ says Karapatan secretary-general Cristina Palabay MANILA, Philippines – Groups slammed the Philippine government’s...
After appeal rejected, Marcos claims PH ‘disengaging’ from ICC
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the decision of International Criminal Court (ICC) to junk the government’s bid to suspend an ongoing probe into his predecessor’s bloody war on drugs “ends all our involvement with the ICC.” “In our...
Marcos admin revives proposal to merge Landbank, DBP
There have been previous moves to merge the two government banks. In 2016, then-senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. opposed the move. MANILA, Philippines – The plan to merge the Development Bank of the Philippines and the Land Bank of the Philippines is again seeing the...Manila Weather
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