Duterte unapologetic over Philippine ‘war on drugs’
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Duterte unapologetic over Philippine ‘war on drugs’

MANILA (UCAN): Former Philippine president [2016-2022], Rodrigo Duterte, remained unapologetic over his controversial anti-drug war…

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Call to halt new mining projects in the Philippines
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Call to halt new mining projects in the Philippines

MANILA (LiCAS News): Church and pro-environmental groups launched a campaign on October 18 urging the…

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Push back against fossil fuel by climate weary Filipinos
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Push back against fossil fuel by climate weary Filipinos

Ranulfo Honoridez’s sleep has been disturbed for the past five years because the walls of…

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Decades after Martial Law authoritarianism, impunity persist, notes Caritas
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Decades after Martial Law authoritarianism, impunity persist, notes Caritas

MANILA (LiCAS News): In a statement issued on September 20 to mark the anniversary of…

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A former aide to Duterte spills beans about the ‘war on drugs’
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A former aide to Duterte spills beans about the ‘war on drugs’

MANILA (UCAN): Jovie Espenido, a lieutenant colonel and the one-time poster boy of the anti-drugs…

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