A high-ranking police official said they will be investigating drug-related killings as the authorities vowed not to tolerate vigilantism.
Author Archives: EARL O. CONDEZA
Two teachers of a community school in Paquibato district left their school early in the morning Thursday, July 7 after receiving death threats from the paramilitary group, Alamara.
Workers of a Japanese-owned company Sumifru aired their dismay over the stalled Collective Bargaining Agreement for two years.
Progressive groups here called on residents to support their leaders who have warrants of arrest for charges of kidnapping and serious illegal detention of evacuees whom they assisted during an evacuation at a church compound last year.
Datu Kaylo Buntolan, a Lumad leader from Talaingod, Davao del Norte asserts that they fled their communities because of militarization during a press conference Friday, July 1 held inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound where hundreds of evacuees are staying. On May 13, the court has issued a warrant of arrest against 15 activists accused of kidnapping and serious illegal detention of the evacuees. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Lumad leaders who sought refuge in a church compound here backed the 15 activists who were issued with arrest warrants for alleged kidnapping and illegal detention of the evacuees.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte welcomed members of militant organizations inside the Malacañan Palace, hours after his inauguration ceremony on Thursday, June 30.
If not for a reporter who showed him a copy of the warrant of arrest, a church leader who was among those accused of kidnapping and serious illegal detention of indigenous peoples evacuees here, would not know about his pending arrest by police authorities.
An estimate of 40,000 people marched from Magsaysay Park to Rizal Park in Davao City in support of the resumption of peace talks between the government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Indigenous peoples groups in Mindanao marked the first year death anniversary of Leoncio Pitao or Ka Parago with a march rally in Davao City and called for the resumption of peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
