Lorena Mandacawan, a mother from Talaingod in Davao del Norte is among the participants during the protest action at the Boy Scout Circle in Quezon City on Friday where she appealed to end the military and paramilitary operations in their area that greatly affected the schooling of their children and the daily activities of the Lumad schools. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
Representatives from various Indigenous Peoples and Moro organizations are here in the country’s capital to lobby their call for the stop of all-out war in Mindanao, especially in far-flung areas.
Workers from various parts of the country occupy an area of Mendiola in Manila particularly at the front gate of a university that leads towards Malacañang for a Kampuhan or campout to press the Duterte administration to end contractualization and the lifting of martial law in Mindanao. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
The power generation unit of the Aboitiz group said it is on track in reaching its 4,000 MW capacity by 2020.
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has called on its armed wing to continue its resistance against the imposition of the martial law to which they say would only prolong the restrictions against civil and political freedom in Mindanao.
Four government troopers belonging to the Philippine Security Group were wounded in an encounter with more or less 50 armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army in the boundaries of North Cotabato, Bukidnon and this city on Wednesday morning, July 1.
Various groups have expressed opposition to the plan of President Rodrigo Duterte to extend the imposition of martial law and the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in Mindanao.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales got the ire of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday – the President’s resentment was said to have originated from Morales’ comments during an interview on “killing people”.
President Rodrigo Duterte is seeing a weak case of usurpation of authority against former President Benigno Aquino III over the botched operations of the elite Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in 2015.
