Fix human rights laws, Amnesty urges Congress
By Desiree CaluzaAmnesty International has urged the incoming 16th Philippine Congress to close loopholes in the antitorture law and two other laws designed to protect human rights.
Amnesty International has urged the incoming 16th Philippine Congress to close loopholes in the antitorture law and two other laws designed to protect human rights.
China has pledged to hold local government leaders responsible for improving air quality, officials said, after heavy smog across China earlier this year stoked social discontent.
Advocates for clean air on Thursday made an urgent appeal to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) not to push through with the burning of five tons of confiscated elephant tusks on June 21.
If champions of the contentious Freedom of Information Bill decide to field a neophyte to lead the House committee on public information, they might choose the widow of the late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, Camarines Sur Representative-elect Leni Robredo.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is set to embark on what Commissioner Ruffy Biazon calls a “proactive lobby and advocacy” to get the customs modernization bill passed in the 16th Congress.
Despite the passage of the Reproductive Health Law, another potentially divisive legislative measure strongly opposed by the Catholic Church would not be a priority in the House of Representatives in the coming 16th Congress.
Despite opposition, an administration senator will push anew the inclusion of casinos in the coverage of the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA), citing the country’s “international obligation” to fight money laundering and terrorist financing activities.
Now, inmates can earn time deductions for good behavior.
Never too young for “rehab.” Authorities may soon keep repeat or serious offenders aged 12 to 15 years old off the streets and in the custody of social workers, according to draft amendments to the law on juvenile delinquents, which are up for approval by both chambers of Congress next week.
The congressional bicameral conference committee has approved in principle a measure that will allow “involuntary commitment” at a government facility of juvenile offenders who have repeatedly committed serious crimes.
A lawyer and two law students are the latest to petition the Supreme Court to allow them to intervene in court hearings on 10 Church-backed petitions opposing the implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act, or the RH law.
Are 13 cities, 81 towns and 2,324 villages within the Manila Bay watershed in Central Luzon complying with environmental laws and capable of doing their part in the cleanup and rehabilitation of Manila Bay as ordered by the Supreme Court in 2008?
