Youth activists across Metro Manila mounted various forms of protests Friday “to call for truth and accountability” on the Mamasapano incident and said they would support the proposed establishment of a transition council should Pres. Benigno Aquino III be removed from office.
The Datu Bago Organization, Inc. announced on Friday the eight outstanding personalities in the city who were conferred the Datu Bago Awards for 2015.
People’s organizations from Southern Tagalog believe that the removal of Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III and the creation of a transition council will be the answer to the current political crisis.
Malacanang announced on Friday that it was extending the filing of compensation claims for Martial Law victims of human rights violations, from November 10 last year to May this year.
French President François Hollande arrived in Manila on Thursday for his two-day state visit to the country.
A teacher in Tagum City who was reported injured in a shooting incident on Wednesday night succumbed to her gunshot wounds.
Various groups advocating for the environment and the rights of indigenous peoples called on the government to junk the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 and pass the alternative mining policy People’s Mining Bill into law.
Members of the progressive Makabayan bloc in Congress today called on Pres. Benigno Aquino III to disclose all his mobile text messages and calls to the police commanders during the Mamasapano operations.
A 36 year-old man was apprehended by the authorities after he was caught in the act of stealing steel bars owned by a private hospital in Panabo City.
Militant groups Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap accused the government of using its programs for the poor including the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and Philhealth to stop them from joining protests and call for the president’s ouster.
