Makati City, Philippines from Foundation for the Philippine Environment (fpe.ph)
This Just In
The Philippine House of Representatives votes PhP 1000.00 (~ $ 23) budget for the Commission on Human Rights for 2018.
As some of you may know, The Duterte Administration has had its war on drugs for a while now. The only ones that seem exempt from the onslaught are the rich, with those of the lower socio-economic classes even minors have been killed. 17 and 14 year olds Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman were said to have been killed by Philippine National Policemen (Carl Arnaiz' case confirmed). Now, with the CHR with less budget, what more can we expect from scalawag policemen from the PNP, hidden wealth from Duterte and the overall development of the Philippines?
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