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NPR
April 27, 2018
Philippine authorities say they have conveyed to Kuwait their "strong surprise and great displeasure" over the Gulf country's decision to expel their envoy within a ... In the videos, which an official with the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs posted online, a man and woman hurry into the black SUVÃâà...
Philippine Star
April 27, 2018
MANILA, Philippines — A coalition of international non-governmental organizations fighting torture condemned the alleged ill-treatment of a Moro human rights activist by the United States authorities. The Geneva-based Observation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders called on the USÃâà...
Herald-Whig
April 27, 2018
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Philippines on Wednesday cancelled an Australian nun's missionary visa for engaging in political activity and gave her 30 days to leave ... Fox had taken part in rallies demanding the release of political prisoners and urging Philippine authorities to respect human rights.
TIME
April 26, 2018
The Philippines banned workers entirely from Kuwait after the discovery of Joanna Demafelis' body in a freezer in February. In late March, Lebanese officials said 40-year-old Lebanese national Nader Essam Assaf confessed to killing the woman along with his Syrian wife, who remains at large. AuthoritiesÃâà...
NPR
April 25, 2018
Fox said Monday that she was detained taken from her house and detained for 24 hours last week by the Philippine immigration officials. ... to HRW, which says "Duterte has publicly condemned the official Commission on Human Rights, even threatening to abolish the constitutionally mandated body.
FoodNavigator-Asia.com
April 24, 2018
Marilou Ampuan, president of the Universal Islamic Center Foundation (UICF) and chairperson of the halal committee of the Tourism Congress of the Philippines, said during the Kapehan sa Dabaw forum in Davao that the Philippines is a member of the International Halal Accreditation Forum,Ãâà...
POLITICO.eu
April 15, 2018
An official from the the Party of European Socialists (PES) was detained and expelled from the Philippines on Sunday, the party said. PES Deputy Secretary General Giacomo Filibeck was stopped by border police on his way to a political congress in Cebu, hosted by a sister party of the PES, the party saidÃâà...
EURACTIV
April 15, 2018
Italian Giacomo Filibeck was detained by border police upon his arrival at Cebu airport Sunday and deported for engaging in “illegal political activities”, his party said. Filibeck, the deputy secretary general of the Party of European Socialists, flew to the Philippines at the invitation of opposition party AkbayanÃâà...
The Nation
March 25, 2018
In the first place, the escalating series of announcements – first a three-page “Statement of the President of the Republic of the Philippines” (from which the passage above is quoted), followed by varying explanations by Palace officials, then a 15-page “Statement of the President of the Republic of theÃâà...
Philippine Star
March 25, 2018
BSP Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr. told members of the Money Market Association of the Philippines (MART) last Friday that monetary authorities would stay alert to any signs of second-round effects and inflation becoming broader based. “We stand firm in our intent to take immediate and appropriateÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 25, 2018
After nearly a year of waiting, thousands of displaced residents of Marawi will soon be allowed to visit what's left of their homes in the “main battle area” of the southern Philippine city and retrieve abandoned belongings, officials said Friday. About 11,163 people have been identified as residents of the warÃâà...
FRANCE 24
March 25, 2018
Philippine police said Thursday they had shot dead 13 drug suspects, just days after President Rodrigo Duterte moved to take the country out of the International Criminal Court over its inquiry into his deadly drug war. The suspects were killed Wednesday in the northern province of Bulacan, an officialÃâà...
CANOE
March 24, 2018
What makes this particularly exciting is that Philippine government officials have been involved in these negotiations. It's apparent they're ... Philippine authorities realize that these costly personal and societal disasters are less likely to happen when blood sugar levels are better controlled. And that patientsÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
March 16, 2018
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made the decision to leave the court after it was announced last month that the ICC had launched a preliminary inquiry into a crackdown on drugs during which Philippine security forces are alleged to have committed actions tantamount to crimes against humanity.
ABC News
March 9, 2018
Officials say Norwegian and U.S. authorities have helped the Philippines capture Ico who allegedly exploited children into joining sex shows with him then ... tangible results," Norwegian police official Sidsel Isachsen said at a news conference in Manila where Ico, a Filipino, was presented in handcuffs.
Voice of America
March 9, 2018
The Philippine foreign minister hit back Saturday at the United Nations' human rights chief for issuing “irresponsible and disrespectful” comments about President Rodrigo Duterte, warning that such remarks could set a dangerous precedent. Duterte's attacks against U.N. human rights activists suggest heÃâà...
Eurasia Review
December 31, 1999
A senior United Nations official on Tuesday joined mounting calls for the Philippine government to remove the names of a Filipino special rapporteur and ... “It is deeply concerning that authorities have routinely responded to the expressions of environmental and human rights defenders by criminalizing andÃâà...
