Rights protection is latest victim of Duterte’s card board justice
Although unlikely to pass, the Philippine House of Representatives’ vote to allocate nothing but PhP1,000 (US$20) to the Commission on Human Rights sent waves of public disgust and outrage over what many believe is a retaliation against the agency’s very open rebuke of the Duterte Administration’s infamous “war on drugs.” A constitutionally-created agency mandated to protect the Filipino people against abuses by those in power, the Commission on Human Rights has been consiste
How much are the Filipino people's human rights? Less than $20, says PH House
Human rights protection in the Philippines is on the verge of extinction after the country’s House of Representatives voted to practically defund the government agency tasked to protect the Filipino against abuses by those in power. The lower house on Tuesday passed funding legislation that appropriates nothing but 1,000 pesos (US$19.62) each to the Commission on Human Rights and the National Commission for Indigenous People for fiscal year 2018. The move came in the midst of
Lack of access to safe water, poor sanitation killing 361,000 children worldwide each year
About 361,000 children under 5 years of age die each year due to diarrhea caused by poor sanitation and lack of access to safe, readily available water at home, according to a new report by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. The Joint Monitoring Program report – Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2017 update and Sustainable Development Global baselines – also revealed that more than 2 billion people worldwide lack access to safe, readily available wate
