Declaration of the Austrian Episcopal Conference concerning the human rights situation in the Philippines

Socrates B. Villegas Archbishop of Lingayen Dagupan CBCP President lingayendagupan@gmail.com Vienna, 17Th of March 2017 Ref.: Declaration of the Austrian Episcopal Conference concerning the human rights situation in the Philippines Excellence, Dear Archbishop Villegas, In the last months Ecclesial leaders from the Philippines and national and international networks called attention…

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Reaction Paper on DOLE’s DO 174-17*

*Prepared by: Renato ‘Ka Rene” Magtubo, Spokesperson, Nagkaisa! Labor Coalition; National Chairperson, Partido Manggagawa (PM); Co-Chair for Labor, Church-Labor Conference (CLC); and member, Technical Executive Committee of the National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (NTIPC). This reaction paper is based on the following premises: Labor contracting or subcontracting in its various…

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Street children need shelter not a jail cell

Lowering the age of criminal liability for children compounds the failure of govt to look out for their welfare UCAN by Father Shay Cullen, Manila Philippines March 15, 2017 I first saw Rosi, a six-year-old girl, inside a police detention cell in Olongapo City’s red light district. Remembering that day, I am…

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Palawan: “We Need Our Land Not Oil Palms!”

Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte has identified oil palm development as one of the key industries that, according to him, could boost the country’s economy.  He has indicated both Palawan and Mindanao as the new frontiers for oil palm expansion. The former is also known as the ‘last frontier’ for its dense forest…

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