UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council and UN Secretary-Generl Ban Ki-moon on Sunday condemned a deadly terrorist attack on a Philippine night market that killed at least 14 people, stressing the need to bring perpetrators to justice.

LAW EXPERTS on Saturday said the people’s rights should not be affected by President Duterte’s declaration of a “state of lawlessness,” as it is limited to calling out the military to help the police suppress violence.

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II stressed the constitutionality of the declaration, which came hours after an explosion killed 14 people and wounded 68 others at a night market in Mr. Duterte’s hometown, Davao City.

QUEZON CITY, Sept 2 - As the lead agency in social protection mandated to protect, serve and empower the disadvantaged and vulnerable sectors, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) supports the filing today at 10:30 am of the bill amending R.A. 8972 in the House of Representatives.

The haunting image of a stunned and bloodied Omran Daqneesh, the 5-year-old boy who was pulled from the rubble after another round of deadly bombings in the Syrian civil war, bespeaks what in essence our human rights are all about—that by not transcending our sorrows for a young child whose eyes are silently conversing with the gods in the unknown heavens, begging for mercy and compassion in the midst of an evil conflict, we have all become a party to his tragedy and misfortune. Prayers do not end wars. It does not make sense if we lose all hope, but the irreversible reality is that the failure of human institutions to protect innocent lives from the brutalities of war is the failure of the whole of humanity.

The Philippines may revive a nuclear power plant that was completed 32 years ago but never switched on due to safety fears, the government said Wednesday.

The spokesman for new President Rodrigo Duterte said the government is considering brining the $2.3 billion plant into operation to meet the country's growing power needs, despite entrenched opposition from activists and environmentalists.

 

“Rodrigo Duterte – the Donald Trump of the Philippines.” So we read and hear many times during the last months in newspapers, magazines, radio- and TV-programs all over the world.

It is obvious that there are similarities:

Asia’s Premier Prize – the Ramon Magsaysay Award will be presented today to this year’s laureates – three outstanding men, women and three organizations – who have greatly contributed to the betterment of many lives and their communities in ceremonies at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

TAGUIG CITY, Aug. 31 - “Public interest demands an appropriate intervention from both the government and the private sector to ensure consumer protection,” Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said as the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers (PSME) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) yesterday (25 August 2016) at the DOE’s Central Office in Taguig City.

MANILA, Aug. 30 - Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the Duterte administration is seizing on an “opportune convergence” of growth-friendly factors to reconfigure our tax system that is “crying out for reform” as a way to make Philippine communities safer and our society fairer for future generations.

QUEZON CITY, Aug. 29 - Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo put a stop to false reports circulating that the Pantawid ng Pamilyang Pilipino (4Ps) program of the department will no longer be implemented and that some 1.5 million of its current members will be delisted and no longer be beneficiaries.