Saying the police officers were civilians, not combatants, the Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 demanded for the immediate release of the five police officers who were taken as prisoners-of-war by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Paquibato District on Saturday, April 16.
Two separate encounters between government troops and the New People’s Army (NPA) here on Monday, April 18, resulted into three casualties, the military said.
The National Democratic Front said the 6th Scout Ranger Company and the Armed Forces of the Philippines are “guilty of war crimes” for shooting an 11-year old boy in Toril district here last April 1.
Presidential aspirant Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago will visit the University of the Philippines in Mindanao on April 20.
Residents of Barangay Bagumbayan in Magpet town, North Cotabato receive on Friday, 27 sacks of rice distributed by the SAGIPP and BALSA Mindanao. The groups said it is their second time to distribute rice to the barangay. The first one was last April 13 where they distributed 28 sacks of rice. (Contributed photo)
The Philippine police may have used unnecessary lethal force in breaking up a demonstration by farmers in Kidapawan City on April 1, 2016, Human Rights Watch said today.
Members of progressive groups condemn the violent dispersal in Kidapawan City in a rally held in Mendiola, Manila on Friday, April 8. (Photo by Raymond Panaligan/AlterMidya)
The Bureau of Soils Water Management has started cloud seeding operations in the region, an official of the Department of Agriculture 11 said.
Presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte insisted that the Spratly Islands belong to the Philippines but the Davao City mayor reiterated that the country is not prepared to go to war with China.
The Gabriela Women’s Party today lauded the Quezon City local government for issuing a new ordinance which criminalize catcalling and other forms of street-level sexual harassment against women.
