ARMM Teachers Up in Arms Over Delayed Salaries
Teachers in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have not been receiving their salaries on time, forcing many of them to hold demonstrations, such as this one in front…
Teachers in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have not been receiving their salaries on time, forcing many of them to hold demonstrations, such as this one in front…
By Carlos H. Conde
Clarita Alia lost three of her children to the Davao Death Squad. Her youngest is fighting for his life.The voice on the other end was trembling. ?Sir, I really need your help.? The voice ? soft, slightly stuttering, but harrowingly sad ? was one of the most heart-rending I?ve ever heard. ?My son has been stabbed,? the woman said, weeping now. ?We?re now at the DMC (Davao Medical Center) and we have no money for medicine, for food. Please have mercy on us.?
Mindanaoan senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. today warned the Arroyo government not to neglect the rights of small-scale miners as the government opens the Diwalwal gold-rush site to big mining companies, among them foreign-owned.
Pimentel said small-scale miners ?want an assurance that their means of livelihood and their welfare will be protected with the entry of mining firms and their foreign partners.?
The 2006 Human Rights Situation of Southern Mindanao APPENDIX A "2006 Human Rights Situation of Southern Mindanao" Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Main Trends in the Human Rights Situation *…
Conclusion "2006 Human Rights Situation of Southern Mindanao" Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Main Trends in the Human Rights Situation * Impunity in Extrajudicial Killings * Alarming increase abduction and…