“The issuance of a TRO on the enforcement of the ATA pending the final adjudication of the 37 petitions could help address the worsening situation,” counsels on Anti-Terrorism law pleas said.

The Department of Health on Thursday recorded 2,452 new cases of coronavirus, pushing the national caseload past 584,000.

Government on Thursday said it is looking to vaccinate health workers who are also senior citizens with the AstraZeneca, whose doses are due to arrive in the country later tonight after figuring in delays.

With the brazen attack on yet another public interest lawyer, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers are pressing all branches of government to protect the members of the legal profession.

(Updated) An international rights group on Thursday accused security forces of going on a "murder spree" following the stabbing of a lawyer representing arrested indigenous land defenders and the murder of a "key witness" to the case.

“That's still ongoing right now, and we've fast-tracked our works there to hopefully reach the targeted April 26 inauguration,” the LRTA said.

A House panel is calling on the Department of Social Welfare and Development to release the pension of indigent senior citizens every three months instead of every six months.

A rights lawyer handling a case in the arrest of indigenous Tumandok land defenders and assisting in anti-terrorism law petitions was stabbed in Iloilo on Wednesday night.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology hoisted Alert Level 1 over Mount Pinatubo due to persistent seismic activity, indicating that there is “low-level unrest” at the volcano.

Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter should immediately crack down on the alarming surge in the incidence of criminal activities, particularly online sexual exploitation of women and children, apparently fueled by the lockdown and economic r...