Militant youth group Anakbayan has scored on the multinational oil companies on Friday, March 18 for the continued oil price increases, saying it will be an additional burden to the ordinary people.
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Government troops tagged the farmer who was caught by the Army’s 2nd Special Forces Battalion (Airborne) as a member of Front Committee 21 of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee.
The Commission on Human Rights on Thursday, March 17, said it will be sending a team from Manila to investigate the torture case of an indigenous farmer that was allegedly tortured by the military and militias in Demoloc, Malita, Davao Occidental on February 19.
Presidential bet Rodrigo Duterte raised doubts on Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay’s willingness to cooperate with the government by allowing access to his bank records, clearing him from corruption allegations.
Reacting on the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) survey, presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, March 14 said that his campaign is not shaped by survey, pointing out that he is not bothered at all.
A peasant group on Monday scored the government for its dry, slow and weak response as dry spell is reaching on its peak.
A Mindanao-based group said that Senator Grace Poe’s recent victory at the Supreme Court does not reflect the aspirations of women, even if the presidential candidate thinks it does.
In what could be seen as sign of hope, presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte and his running mate, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, vowed over the weekend to distribute the P80-billion coco levy funds to small coconut farmers in just one month should they win in the upcoming May elections.
A Davao-based poll watchdog and PDP-Laban Presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte slammed the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, March 10 for threatening to postpone the May 9 elections.
A peasant group has criticized on Friday, March 11, Presidential aspirant, Senator Grace Poe for siding with business mogul Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr. and accused Poe of “reversing the historical truth” on the coconut levy fund issue.
