By GRACE S. UDDIN “The overseas foreign workers are called ‘modern day heroes’ but the government has failed to provide for them,” said Gina Garboni, secretary-general of Migrante International during the first celebration of the international migrants’ day.
By GRACE S. UDDIN If Christmas wishes could be granted, Bayan Intise, wanted to see his father and mother again. They disappeared somewhere in General Santos City on October 26, three years ago.
By JOSE HERNANI and GRACE S. UDDIN Activists interpreted his death to mean that the government’s counterinsurgency campaign Oplan Bantay Laya has taken a bolder and evil turn: It is now targeting families and relatives of NPA members.
By GRACE S. UDDIN A farmer and his sons said they’ve been beaten and forced to admit they were members of the New People’s Army by soldiers who picked them up near the landmine explosion site in Paquibato.
By GRACE S. UDDIN The much-awaited showdown between Davao’s two fiercest political opponents begins as Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and daughter Sara Duterte formally declared a team up against House Speaker Prospero Nograles’ bid to run for mayor in the city.