On the 40th day following the death of environment advocate, Francis Morales, his colleagues from the disaster response group Balsa Mindanao launched a fund raising for a memorial mobile which will be used during disaster response.
Multi-sectoral leaders here called on government to open its doors and “be sincere” in pursuing peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front (NDF).
Thousands of protesters joined the commemoration of the International Human Rights day in different parts of the region Wednesday.
Banana’s ranking as the leading export commodity in the Philippines this year “does not help the situation of the workers”, a labor group said.
On the second year anniversary of typhoon Pablo (International name Bopha), survivors and support groups claimed that they remained displaced, this time by what they claimed was an insensitive relocation program of the government.