?Discriminatory Implementation? of ID System in Muslim Communities Denounced
MANILA ? Muslim leaders denounced the government on Saturday for the ?exclusive implementation? of an identification system in Muslim communities in Manila, calling it discriminatory and a violation of human rights.
?The exclusive implementation of the national ID system in Muslim communities in Metro Manila is clearly an anti-Muslim policy that aims to typecast Muslims as a community of terrorists,? said Nasser Marohomsalic, head convener of the Union of Muslims for Morality and Truth (UMMAT), an alliance of Muslim professionals in Metro Manila.
The children of the striking workers of a banana plantation in Compostela Valley have endured the same hardships and abuse their parents went through. Many stopped going to school and, because nobody would care for them, were forced to join their parents at the picketline. Several were arrested and jailed. Some are no longer optimistic about their future. Davao Today staff writer Marilou M. Aguirre reports.
The brutal murder of IFI Bishop Alberto Ramento has galvanized the resolve of the church?s priests and followers in Davao City, vowing to continue the pro-people struggles of a beloved man who devoted his life to the masses. Davao Today managing editor Cheryll D. Fiel reports.