“There is no dignity, in policy nor in practice, in the way our indigenous peoples are being treated. Indigenous communities are being displaced and threatened by mining concessions; they are being massacred supposedly in the name of development. There is an ethnocide going on in this country,” Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan said.
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By COLLETTE CUIZON | Davao Today
The Philippines’s anti-terrorism law could be misused by the military, the groups said, adding that there would be constant disruptions in the lives of children because of the HSA. “Even in places where there is no actual fighting, classrooms are oftentimes transformed into evacuation centers, disrupting school classes. Children bear the trauma when their parents are illegally arrested and detained, or, in worst cases, killed.”
GOV. GENEROSO, Davao Oriental�Seventeen farmers have blamed Undersecretary for Field Operations Narciso Nieto for failure of the Department of Agrarian…
By ANGELA LIBRADO-TRINIDAD
We have hoodlums in robes, we have cheats at the highest echelons of the government, we have crooks in Congress, landgrabbers and killers well-entrenched in state machineries and business, and the irony is, despite the laws available to victims, to the poorest among us, these criminals appear decent and held with high regard in our society. We see the young shoplifter, the young molester or the young drug pusher and, alas, we are immediately agitated to have them removed from our sight and from the streets!
Stop military operations in Sulu and Basilan! Stop targeting civilians! Government troops hit civilians while conducting clearing operations in Tipo-Tipo,…
STATEMENT ON THE MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN MINDANAO �Give ear to my prayer, O God. . . for his speech was…
DAVAO CITY – The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan in Southern Mindanao today concludes that the recent military clashes in Basilan and…
This August, in Davao, Dabawenyos will hold a celebration of flowers, fruits, and for the year’s bountiful harvest – the…
The government is working on five �bagsakan centers� in the Davao Region where the Department of Agriculture (DA) is infusing five million pesos to fund the project. These centers will have cold storage and other facilities to handle food and crops from farmers.
