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The Vatican has released a new document updating the Church’s teachings on human rights, touching on contemporary issues such as abortion, gender theory, sex change and digital violence.
On National Women’s Month, advocates of women’s welfare are glad that a general in the Armed Forces of the Philippines is seeing his career derailed by accusations of domestic violence hurled by his estranged wife. Three cheers for the women who are willing to present themselves in public to denounce violence and abuse at the hands of their husbands.
BERLIN — Sans violence, the Philippine government has “lessened” the narcotics problem in the country, President Marcos told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during their meeting here on Tuesday.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Residents of Haiti's capital scrambled for safety on Saturday following the latest spasm of gang violence, with a UN group warning of a "city under siege" after armed attackers targeted the presidential palace and police headquarters.
THE local government of Taguig padlocked the Makati Park and Garden Sunday for operating without the necessary permits as it continued to clash with Makati City over jurisdiction over the EMBO barangay, triggering a warning of possible violence.
MANILA, Philippines — A five-year agreement to combat gender-based violence has been signed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Philippines.
A TOTAL of 17,681 cases of violence against children were reported in 2023, the Council for Welfare of Children (CWC) said yesterday.
While security forces confront renewed terrorist activities in Mindanao, armed violence continues to undermine other aspects of life in the country. Over a month since the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, killings related to BSKE political rivalries continue. In the first two days of December, two barangay captains have been shot dead, one in President Marcos’ home province Ilocos Norte and the other in Zamboanga del Sur.