Tagum City Mayor Allan Rellon on Monday warned druglords in the city to leave or face jailtime.
A Moro group blasted Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Gov. Mujiv Hataman’s all-out war pronouncement against Abu Sayyaf and warned that Malacanang-backed military offensives may also target innocent civilians
A human rights spokesperson said the tribal warrior Bagani forces in Surigao del Sur are controlled and supported by the military.
Saying the law on indigenous Filipinos has “failed to deter the plunder of our national patrimony and exploitation of our indigenous territories", the activist organization of tribal Filipinos called on the scrapping of both the law and the agency that was created to administer to the welfare of tribal Filipinos.
Police here has been placed on full alert status starting on Monday, a week before the nation’s observance of All Saints Day (November 1) and All Souls Day (November 2) or Undas, a police official said.