The opposing views proliferating in the media on whether the U.S. financial meltdown will have an extensive impact on the…
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According to Karapatan, human-rights violations in Southern Mindanao have increased as Oplan Bantay Laya, aimed at crushing the communist rebellion, is nearing its deadline in 2010. Click here for more pictures
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Funded by the United Nations children’s fund (Unicef), the Ibon book delves into the lives of women and children living in areas under the influence of the New People’s Army (NPA) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), hence, the subject of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operations.
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Ma. Esmeralda Macaspac, CRC executive director, said the statements made by Colonel Marlou Salazar, 601st brigade commander, were “irresponsible and cowardly.” She pointed out that five of the six children who were killed were below ten years old, slamming the military’s penchant for branding children that they have killed in their operations as “child warriors.”
SHANTIES. A giant billboard stands obtrusively against the shanties along the riverbank of Davao River. About one third of Filipinos are living below the poverty line, their condition worsened by rising inflation, which registered a 17-year high last month. The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) reported in its latest poverty survey released in May that the number of ” poor” Filipinos grew from 23.8 million in 2003 to 27.6 million in 2006. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)
The Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Inc. (EILER,Inc.) expressed apprehension that the global financial crisis will ultimately affect…
Davao City-Shipping companies in the country are losing its regular passengers to the faster and more convenient air travel and…
Davao City-Who would have thought that saving marine life can be done by a simple planting of trees? The Save…
Statement on the 36th Anniversary of Martial Rule: Arroyo, Dominguez and Piol are responsible and must be punished for the…
Davao City-Some non-government organizations in this city will be observing October 5 as the Day of No Prostitution. It’s a…
