How does the US treat its homeless? As one state passes a bill of rights for the homeless, others are making it illegal to sleep or beg in public places. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestoryamericas/2012/06/201262761617710509.html
Health personnel from the Philippine Orthopedic Center in Quezon City on Wednesday protest against their delayed benefits by hitting the government on the $1 billion pledge to the IMF and plans to buy new fighter jets for P15 billion. Asti Flores http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/photo/21522/health-workers-blast-govt-for-1b-pledge-to-imf
Advocates march to a shopping complex in Pasig City as they mark World Day Against Child Labor, which aims to make the Philippines a child labor-free country. Asti Flores http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/photo/21519/advocates-call-for-child-labor-free-phl
Some three million children in the Philippines, aged 5 to 17, are exposed to dangerous work environments, a survey of the National Statistics Office said. The results of the October 2011 Survey on Children were released Tuesday at the launching of…
Almost 70 people have been killed in landslides after three days of rains. Almost 70 people have been killed and about 200,000 stranded due to landslides in southeast Bangladesh after three days of some of the heaviest rains in the country…
With the aim of tackling illegal transactions and evasion of taxes, the government today said it proposes to amend two laws related to land purchase and transfer. The proposal to bring amendments to the Benami Transactions (Prohibitions of the Right to Recover Property)…
A ban has been proposed on the setting up of special economic zones (SEZ) on land in tribal areas and agricultural land. A meeting today between rural development minister Jairam Ramesh and unofficial members of the National Council of Land Reforms (NCLR) also…
Sudan using protests ‘to silence dissenters’ Rights group report urges Sudan to end the violent crackdown on anti-government protesters and journalists. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/06/201262791331768878.html
Violations by government forces and rebels are on the rise as fighting spreads and sectarian killings grow, says report. Human rights violations by Syrian government forces and rebels are on the rise as fighting spreads across the country, the chief UN rights…
Technical glitches in the unique identification method make it unreliable in disbursing wages under the employment guarantee scheme. Within a few weeks of “Aadhaar-enabled” payments of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme wages being initiated in Jharkhand, earlier this year, glowing…