By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz A PHILIPPINE House of Representatives committee on Wednesday approved a bill that seeks to declare parts of the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea protected zones. The House committee on natural resources endorsed House Bill 6373, which seeks to protect the three nautical miles around the […]
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Human rights group pushes for writ of kalayaan rules to address jail congestion
A HUMAN rights group has urged Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo to call a national consultation to hasten the adoption of rules on the writ of kalayaan, which could be used as basis to release prisoners who are vulnerable to the coronavirus. “We ask Chief Justice Gesmundo to convene a national consultative summit […]