HRW: Philippines’ displaced children barred from school
Hundreds of Filipino children were barred from attending class when schools opened this week.
Hundreds of Filipino children were barred from attending class when schools opened this week.
Following the onslaught of El Niño, farmers from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao unite to combat La Niña.
After the beheading of the second Canadian hostage by the Abu Sayyaf Group in Sulu on Monday, incoming Presidential legal counsel Atty. Salvador Panelo said President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will deal with all lawless elements including the ASG, but will clearly uphold the “no ransom policy” of the government on kidnapping.
The New People’s Army on Tuesday night, June 13, released a video of its captive police chief from Governor Generoso town in Davao Oriental.
Maria Elena Escandor, whose husband Romeo from Compostela Valley is one of the 72 political prisoners in Southern Mindanao region, is hoping that her husband will soon be reunited with their family after 10 years in jail.