Tag: human rights groups

Panelo: Cayetano, Roque only “expressing concern” about possible link between drug lords, some human rights groups

(Eagle News)–Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo went to the defense of two Cabinet secretaries over their claims some human rights groups may have links to drug syndicates In a statement, Panelo said Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque  were only “expressing concern” when they said that human rights group may be “unwitting tools” of drug syndicates to destabilize the government. “We are not dispensing accusatory allegations.They are merely expressing concern […]

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SC extends order temporarily stopping Marcos burial at Libingan ng mga Bayani

  (Eagle News) — The planned burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani will not materialize just yet. This was after the Supreme Court extended until November 8 the status quo ante (SQA) order that had initially stopped the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines from preparing for the burial. The latest decision of the high court was announced by Supreme Court information chief […]

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