DA to deputize NGOs for animal protection

Doris C. Bongcac 10/01/2014

The Department of Agriculture  is tapping non-government organizations to advance animal welfare and protection. Dr. Arvin Serrano of the DA Committee on Animal Welfare said they wanted to “localize” implementation of Republic Act 10631 which contains amendments…

NGO of Bohol farmers decry soldiers’ entry in rice mill

Peter L. Romanillos 07/26/2014

A farmers’ group complained of being harassed in Trinidad town, Bohol province by armed soldiers and a local official who allegedly forced their way into a private rice mill last Tuesday. The incident was described as “trespassing”…

Courage to fight human traffickers: Tacloban lady prosecutor is 24th Aquino fellow

Eileen G. Mangubat 06/22/2014

When abused women and children tell her their problems, “their pain becomes my pain,” said assistant city prosecutor Maria Liza Miscala-Jorda. Jorda, back from a study trip to the United States, said she was ready to continue…

Critique of relief work

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/17/2014

Oxfam, for the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, an independent group of 17 nongovernment organizations (NGOs) based in Oxford, Great Britain does not usually criticize governments in areas where it is engaged in humanitarian work. However, there…

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