The Philippines ranked second among the world’s “deadliest” countries — and Asia’s most dangerous place—for environment advocates, according to a report released on Tuesday by Global Witness, a London-based nonprofit group (Inquirer.net).
President Rodrigo Duterte will visit Israel in September, making him the first Philippine leader to visit the Jewish state, his top aide confirmed Wednesday, reports ABS-CBN News.
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Instagram star Sondos Alqattan was dropped by several cosmetic brands following the internet backlash she received after complaining about a new law enabling Filipino domestic workers to have days off and control of their passport, reports Gulf News.
The June 27-30 survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed 87 percent, or about nine of 10 adult Filipinos, believe it was important to regain control of the Chinese-held islands in the West Philippine Sea, reports Inquirer.net.
The Philippines ranked third among countries "most ignorant" on their nation's key issues, according to a report by news website Indy100. Despite giving inaccurate answers, respondents from the Philippines also ranked third among those most confident (ABS-CBN News).
Rather than making the Philippines safer, President Rodrigo Duterte has made the country a "far more dangerous place" by rolling back Filipinos' human rights protections, Amnesty International Philippines said (GMA News).
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has ordered the deportation of Australian nun Patricia Fox after finding substantial evidence that she violated the terms of her missionary visa. It has also found Sister Fox an undesirable alien and ordered the inclusion of Fox’s name on its blacklist, barring her from returning to the Philippines, reports Inquirer.net.
The Philippines is not a province of China, “not now, not ever,” said Chinese envoy Zhao Jianhua Tuesday when asked to react to the controversial red banners spotted last week in pedestrian overpasses with the message “Welcome to the Philippines, Province of China,” reports ABS-CBN News.
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