Suicide remains as one of the most pressing issues in the world. In the Philippines, the suicide rate in 2019 was 2.5 per 100,000 population. Joining the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Australian Government in the call to collaboratively address risk factors for suicide while promoting protective factors, the…
WITH the Department for Migrant Workers (DMW) yet to be fully constituted, the government offices to be absorbed by the new department will continue to operate independently for now. Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea made the clarification after DMW Secretary Abdullah D. Mama-O recommended the recall of the appointment of…
A flurry of memos, a hastily signed IRR, and an order for the POEA administrator to turn over all documents to the new secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the week isn’t over yet. The overseas employment sector is in a state of shock. It seems that Labor Secretary…
In the Pilipinas Debates 2022, Lacson said when a person is arrested for a supposed violation of the anti-terrorism law, authorities must report “immediately,” within 24 hours, to the judicial authorities, CHR and ATC. This is misleading.
NUPL The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Friday, April 1, has been asked to impose disciplinary actions against its officers and personnel for allegedly giving special privileges and treatment to retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito S. Palparan Jr. who has been detained on conviction for the disappear