Pax Silica raises fears over displacement, water, power, and mining in Philippines
Filipino leaders in Toronto warn Pax Silica could displace communities, strain basic services and deepen mineral extraction pressures
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Philippine bishops back people’s initiative against political dynasties
Pastoral statement frames concentrated political power as a moral concern and calls for broader public participation in reform
Philippines pardons migrant worker Mary Jane Veloso after 16 years in detention
A Filipina once sentenced to death in Indonesia is set for release as advocates demand stronger trafficking protections
Conservation projects lead documented rights violations against Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous rights group says conservation projects accounted for nearly four in 10 documented project-related abuses against Indigenous communities
Philippine Indigenous communities step up FPIC monitoring amid development rush
Community paralegals will track how revised consent rules affect Indigenous rights as mining, energy and industrial projects expand
Consumer groups seek probe into Visayas coal outages, higher power costs
Consumer groups say repeated coal plant shutdowns have strained Visayas power supply, raised costs and exposed government failures
Sri Lankan Church seeks full truth after Easter bombing convictions
Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church welcomed the convictions but said investigators must still establish who facilitated the deadly 2019 attacks
Pope appeals for care and protection of migrant children
Pope Leo XIV appeals for the protection of migrant and refugee children, and for everyone to take responsibility for minors on the move
Senate court drops 16-vote threshold in Duterte impeachment trial
Senator-judges redefine the conviction threshold as Duterte’s defense keeps open a possible Supreme Court challenge to the ruling
Sri Lanka gives 220-year terms to 15 convicted over Easter bombings
Landmark convictions bring first accountability for Easter Sunday bombings as separate probe examines alleged links to state actors
