Moro group Suara Bangsamoro condemned the killing of more than a hundred individuals in Paris by armed men identifying themselves as members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
A partylist lawmaker said that liberalized mining espoused by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation is the cause for rights violations of indigenous peoples all over the country.
A total of 75 Davao-Manila and vice versa flights have been cancelled because of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ meeting.
The National Council of Churches in the Philippines said there was no need to cause misery on the people just to show the hospitality of the Philippines for the visiting dignitaries of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ meeting.
Women’s group Gabriela scored the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for denying the mass arrests of street dwellers in Manila as part of the government’s effort to hide them from international media and delegates attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ meeting.