By RONALYN V. OLEA
The setting up of paramilitary forces with lumad-sounding names like Bagani force, the Alimaong tribal justice, Magahat and Alamara is part of the Task Force Gantangan, a component of the counterinsurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL).
By CHERYLL D. FIEL
MACO, COMPOSTELA VALLEY – Communist guerillas who captured and released three soldiers and a militiaman in Compostela Valley in June scoffed at the entry of more government troops from Luzon.
By DAISY C. GONZALES, MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN and JOSE B. HERNANI
The renewed tension in Mt. Diwata springs from the government’s plan to bid the high-grade gold veins beneath the populated 729-hectare gold rush area to mining giants.
By MALOU C. MANGAHAS, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism What secrets of the House of Representatives under Speaker Prospero Nograles…
On World Environment Day, progressive environmental groups challenged presumptive president Noynoy Aquino to implement fundamental environmental reforms and actions in…
IBON Features—The initial astonishment with the speed of the election results was just as quickly replaced with doubts on the…
DAVAO CITY —The Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DepEd) is still burdened by the perennial problem on shortage of…
UTRECHT, The Netherlands—The International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL), a worldwide grouping of public interest and human rights lawyers, challenged …
“Impunity a serious issue that characterized extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in the Philippines” – Prof. Alston Geneva, Switzerland—”It is…
