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Mass burial for Philippines typhoon victims ABC Online The first mass burial for unidentified victims of Typhoon Bopha has been held in the southern Philippines. Bopha struck the country's southeast earlier this month, wiping out coastal communities in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley provinces, with ... See all stories on this topic »

19 OFWs from Syria back in the Philippines ABS CBN News MANILA, Philippines – Nineteen distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Syria arrived in Manila on Sunday morning. The repatriates, most of them undocumented, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 at 9:50 a.m.. Meanwhile ... See all stories on this topic »

Philippines enacts new human rights law Radio New Zealand New human rights legislation on the abduction of individuals by state officials has been signed into law in the Philippines. The law imposes up to life imprisonment on any state official convicted of involvement in what's known as enforced disappearances. See all stories on this topic »

Philippines rejects 'coalition' with communist rebels Yahoo!7 News This week's meeting marked the resumption of talks after the Communist Party of the Philippines, the biggest group in the NDF coalition, pulled out of talks in November 2011 after Manila rejected rebel demands. The two sides resumed low-level "backroom ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo!7 News

Philippines criminalises state abductions The News International MANILA: The Philippines has passed landmark legislation that criminalises state abductions, a presidential spokeswoman said on Saturday, in a move hailed by human rights groups. Under the new law "enforced disappearances" — abductions carried out by ... See all stories on this topic »

Rare whale beaches in Philippines, dies AsiaOne DAVAO CITY - A "super rare" ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) beached in Maco, Compostela Valley, on Wednesday but later died due to its failure to digest garbage and other debris it had eaten, a conservationist here said on ... See all stories on this topic » AsiaOne

After typhoon, massive tree planting in Philippines AsiaOne With forest denudation identified as among the reasons for the devastation wrought by Typhoon "Pablo" in Mindanao, cooperatives on the island embarked on a massive tree-planting campaign last week. On Dec. 10, at least 6,000 tree seedlings were planted ... See all stories on this topic » AsiaOne

Philippines approves historic human rights law GlobalPost Philippines President Benigno Aquino III signed a human rights law imposing life imprisonment for state agents convicted of being involved in "enforced disappearances," RTHK reported. The law is the first of its kind in Asia and a "major milestone ... See all stories on this topic »

Expanded anti-human trafficking law pushed in Philippines AsiaOne Expanded anti-human trafficking law pushed in Philippines. A girl rests inside a mekshift shelter in the coastal town of Cateel that was devastated during Typhoon Bopha in Davao Oriental. By Norman Bordadora Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network ... See all stories on this topic » AsiaOne

Philippines passes anti-abduction law UPI.com The Philippines human rights group Karapatanhas documented more than 1,000 abductions at the hands of state officials since the end of the dictatorship of Fernando Marcos in 1986, the BBC reported. About 12 of such cases have occurred since Aquino ... See all stories on this topic »

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