Eight opposition lawmakers are calling on the House of Representatives to condemn and investigate the “Bloody Sunday” raids that led to the deaths of nine activists and the arrests of six more.

The country recorded the highest single-day rise since September 19, when the country had 3,962 cases.

Rights group Karapatan said barring access to the remains is torture of the bereaved.

DILG was able to re-hire only 15,000 contact tracers under a six-month contract this year. 

“The policy must be simple to lessen the inconvenience brought to these workers who will still commute during a time when it is not easy to find public transportation especially during curfew hours. We appeal to enforcers to be considerate since th...

The Free Legal Assistance Group has flagged the 26 work-related lawyer killings in the 61 cases they reviewed as an indicator of “growing danger” in their profession in the country.

Joint committees of the Senate will probe on Thursday the spate of unlawful killings that have hounded members of the legal profession, doctors, journalists and activists in the country.  

A lawmaker is pushing the House of Representatives’ public order and safety panel to investigate the killing of Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino in an alleged shootout with the police.

In a statement Wednesday night, the EU delegation said it welcomed the government’s move to investigate the killings of nine individuals by the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines on March 7.

Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Mike Defensor, an administration lawmaker identified with the previous House speaker, was stripped yesterday of practically all committee memberships in the chamber.