Members of the indigenous group KATRIBU staged a protest rally on Friday in front of the Department of National Defense in Manila in the wake of escalated attacks against the farmers and IP communities across the country.
Economic and political cooperation, and the situation of the Overseas Filipino workers are among the issues that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will discuss with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar during his week-long state visit next week.
In a bid to strengthen the country’s claim in the disputed West Philippine Sea, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to occupy at least nine of the disputed isands.
A Lumad group slammed the Armed Forces of the Philippines for its continued offensive operations and encampment in several indigenous communities in the region.
City Mayor Sarah Duterte on Wednesday morning gave a belated response to the New People’s Army’s earlier plan to hold talks with her, saying she is deferring to the results of the ongoing fourth round of peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in the Netherlands.