A leading member of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) in Mindanao was killed in an encounter in Mabini, Davao de Oro last week.
With the slow action of government in response to survivors of Typhoon Odette, lawmakers from Mindanao urged the passage of laws that will create a department focused on disaster response and to build permanent evacuation centers.
Personnel from the Phil. Coast Guard District Northern Mindanao rescue stranded residents living along or near the flooded Bitan-ag Creek in Cagayan de Oro as Typhoon Odette makes landfall in Mindanao Thursday afternoon, Dec. 16. (Jigger Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Residents fear such events become a super spreader for the COVID-19 especially with news of a new omicron variant.
"I am just one of the many teachers who are victims of human rights violations and attacks on academic freedom made by (President) Duterte and NTF-ELCAC," said Rosanilla 'Lai' Consad, an assistant principal of San Vicente National High School in Butuan City, and secretary of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers Union Region 13.