Group decries death of boy inside Mosque in Marawi
The Salinlahi Alliance for Children’s Concerns on Sunday condemned the death of a Grade 6 pupil inside a Mosque in Marawi.
The Salinlahi Alliance for Children’s Concerns on Sunday condemned the death of a Grade 6 pupil inside a Mosque in Marawi.
A Moro woman attends to their belongings in Barangay Libutan in Maguindanao province on Tuesday, June 6. The woman in this photo is among the evacuees from six villages of Shariff Saidona and Shariff Aguak who evacuated since Saturday, June 3 as military bombardments has reached their communities. (Photo by Bong Artil)
Approximately 26 million children trooped to major public and some private schools during the opening of classes today nationwide. But the annual event did not hog the headlines as it would normally do. This, as the country was gripped with the attack by a lone gunman at the elite Resorts World Manila last dawn Friday. Foremost in the minds of the many was the question whether the attack was a terrorist assault grave enough to precipitate a martial law declaration nationwide, and graver still, that it would impede the school opening today.
No To Terrorism, Yes To Just Peace is a broad alliance of peace advocates based in the education sector. We are calling on our fellow citizens to take a firm stand against terrorism by struggling for just peace.
The Center for Environmental Concerns-Philippines (CEC) sends its solidarity with communities at the forefront of struggles for the environment in time for this year’s World Environment Day.